Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed a fresh probe into the R.G. Kar rape and murder case by a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to be headed by an officer in the rank of Joint Director of the central probe agency.The division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh passed the order on Thursday afternoon after considering the demands raised by the victim’s family mem…
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Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Abhijit Gangopadhyay, BJP Member of Parliament from Tamluk and former Calcutta High Court judge, has expressed anger over Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating officer Seema Pahuja in the probe into the rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. However, he also praised the CBI’s investigation into the matter while raising several questions. His main complaint concerns Seema, whom he claimed failed to conduct the investigatio…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The RG Kar rape and murder case has been transferred to a new bench of the Calcutta High Court. On Saturday, Chief Justice Sujoy Paul specified that the matter would now be heard by the division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.The victim’s family has filed a fresh application in the High Court seeking a CBI probe into the incident of August 9, 2024.The counsel for the victim’s family has also filed a petition in the High Court seeking permis…
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 23 (IANS) The parents of the doctor who became the victim of the ghastly rape and murder within the premises at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, in August 2024, have accepted the basic membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), confirmed the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Monday. However, he added, the party leadership is yet to decide whether any one of them would be the party candidate from Pani…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) A new bench of the Calcutta High Court was constituted on Thursday to hear the matter of the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here in August 2024.The new bench comprises Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Rai Chattopadhayay.The new bench was constituted because earlier this month, the previous division bench of Justices Debangshu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi recused itself from hearing the matter because it was no longer …
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, allotted the R.G. Kar rape & murder case by then Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, on Wednesday recused itself from hearing the matter.According to the division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi, when the matter was allotted for hearing to it by then Chief Justice Sivagnanam, it was hearing criminal cases.However, since this division bench does not hear criminal cases anymore, the judges decided …
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim on Thursday questioned the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is currently probing the case, and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation.Speaking to reporters after the hearing at the Sealdah court, the victim’s father said he believed assigning the investigation to the CBI had been a mistake. “It was a mistake to give the CBI the responsibility o…
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 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…