Kolkata/New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A 40-year-old visitor died in a freak lift accident at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, early on Friday, recalling reports of administrative lapse and criminal activity that allegedly affect services rendered even at West Bengal’s public health centres of repute.Friday’s incident raises fresh questions about public hospital infrastructure, safety, and accountability in West Bengal, reviving memories of the August 2024 rape-and-murder of a …
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Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The policemen of Tala police station under the Kolkata Police, on Friday, detained five persons for questioning in connection with the death of a person Arup Bandopadhyay after getting trapped in the elevator of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and remaining trapped there for more than an hour. Based on a general diary filed by Amal Bandopadhyay, the father of the deceased person, the police officers of the Tala police station had registered an …
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) In a shocking case, a man died after being trapped in an elevator in the controversial state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Friday.The relatives and friends of the deceased person were protesting within the R.G. Kar premises at the time the report was filed. The deceased person had been identified as Arup Bandopadhyay, a resident of Dum Dum in the northern outskirts of Kolkata.It is learnt that he was trapped in the elevator of the hospital build…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) West Bengal is increasingly requiring judicial involvement in issues pertaining to procedural details and administrative inertia, where political interests are allegedly reigning over other aspects. From law-and-order matters to holding rallies, several incidents of such court involvement have been seen of late. Friday’s “extraordinary decision in view of the extraordinary circumstances” direction to depute judicial officers to adjudicate claims of voters listed under th…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The parents of the woman junior doctor of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who became the victim of a ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Tuesday, made a fresh appeal at a trial court here to review the role of Kolkata Police first and then that of Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) in their respective investigation into the matter.The victim’s parents have also appealed to the court to review whether any political inf…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) The trial process against Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of state-run R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore R. G. Kar financial irregularities case, could not begin at a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on Monday.Despite the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filing its first chargesheet in the matter at the special PMLA court on February 6…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) A day after a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued an arrest warrant against him, former Deputy Superintendent of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital Akhtar Ali appeared in court on Saturday after being brought from a hospital in Howrah. However, as the court had closed at 12.30 p.m., he could not surrender and will now appear again on Monday.While entering the court, he said, “The money that I am being accused of taking, I borrowed for my g…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The news of the promotion of Seema Pahuja, the investigation officer in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, within the hospital premises in August 2024, has left the parents of the victim frustrated.Recently, CBI released a list of Additional Superintendents being promoted to the rank of Superintendents.The list contained the name of Pahuja, who had been elevated from the position of Add…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), here, on Friday, issued arrest warrant against Akhtar Ali, who had been the first whistleblower in the multi-crore financial irregularities case in state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, also infamous for the ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor within the hospital premises in August 2024.Ali, the former Deputy Superintendent of R.G. Kar, was the first one to raise an alarm over th…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Friday, filed its chargesheet at a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on the multi-crore financial irregularities case at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, infamous over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor on the hospital premises.The ED and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had been conducting parallel probes in the R.G. Kar financial irregularities ca…