Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Investigations into the RG Kar elevator death revealed that the lift operators at the hospital had received no training on how to handle emergency situations and they had been appointed just one month prior to the tragic incident on March 20.Detectives from Kolkata Police uncovered this crucial information while interrogating the three lift operators arrested in connection with the fatal incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in which Arup Banerjee of Nager Baza…
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Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced its third list of 19 candidates for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, with the most prominent name being Ratna Debnath, fielded from the Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district.Debnath is the mother of the junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024.She is …
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Investigations into the elevator death at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have revealed that the same lift had malfunctioned just seven days before the tragic incident.According to Kolkata Police, the elevator in the Trauma Care unit developed technical issues on March 13, prompting engineers to inspect and reportedly repair it the same day. However, on March 20, Arup Banerjee, a resident of Nager Bazar in north Kolkata, was crushed between the elevator an…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) Investigations into the RG Kar elevator death case have revealed that the security guards were completely unaware that a key to the basement was kept in the office of the Superintendent of the hospital. As a result, what should have taken just three minutes to find the key ended up taking 33 minutes. Despite suffering fractures to his ribs and ruptures to his internal organs, Arup Banerjee had survived for nearly an hour. Investigators said on Tuesday that his life could…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police, along with Kolkata Police, recently arrested a man from Kolkata, 11 years after he allegedly kidnapped a minor girl from UP and settled down here with her. The police said on Sunday that the arrest was made recently, and the UP Police are in the process of taking the man to the said state in transit remand. According to the police, in 2015, a young man married a minor girl. He allegedly brought her here after abducting her from Khoda Colony in Uttar…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) A forensic team visited RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Saturday and collected samples from the elevator that malfunctioned, killing a man on March 20.The forensic team is trying to ascertain why the elevator in the Trauma Care building at RG Kar spiralled out of control and what exactly caused the mechanical failure. The team is also attempting to determine whether the elevator malfunctioned as a result of multiple buttons being pressed simultaneously.Arup Banerj…
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The Kolkata Police recovered a large amount of cash from the boot of a vehicle at New Town in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.As per the instructions of the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, security arrangements have been tightened amid the Assembly elections, and “naka” checking arrangements at important junctions in and around the city, which are under the jurisdiction of the city police.A senior city police official said that in the morning, a vehic…
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Calcutta High Court challenging the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers of the West Bengal cadre ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) since the Model Code of Conduct came into force from Sunday.The PIL was filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in the run up to the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month.On behalf of the petitioner, Arka Nag, the PIL was filed by…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday sought a report from the West Bengal government after it announced the grant of an ad hoc bonus to civic volunteers under both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, as well as village police volunteers under the West Bengal Police, for the financial year 2025-26.The announcement was made through a notification issued from the state secretariat, Nabanna.According to administrative sources, the announcement — made ahead of the elec…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday announced the grant of an ad hoc bonus to civic volunteers under both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, as well as village police volunteers under the West Bengal Police, for the financial year 2025-26.The announcement was made through a notification issued from the state secretariat, Nabanna. The notification stated that civic volunteers serving under the state police and Kolkata Police, as well as village police volunteer…