Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: On Saturday (September 14, 2024), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the midst of adamant junior doctors protesting over the Kolkata rape and murder case. During this, she also played an emotional card to persuade the doctors to return to work. The TMC chief said that she is with the doctors.
Bengal CM, who reached the protest stage outside the health department in Salt Lake, said amid the slogans of “We want justice”, “I understand your (doctors) pain, that is why I am with you. I am not worried about the CM post. I have also agitated a lot during my student life. We are worried about your safety.”
I demand from CBI to give death penalty to the culprits- CM Mamta
According to Mamata Banerjee, “I have not been able to sleep at night because you people are on the road. I have had to stay awake as a guard. If you people return to work, I promise that I will consider all your demands sympathetically. There will be talks with everyone and the culprits will be punished. I demand from the CBI to award death penalty to the culprits.”
#WATCH RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reaches Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata to meet the protesting doctors. pic.twitter.com/AbtdOAisKh
— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2024
Protest outside the health department office for the fifth day
The Bengal CM has reached the protest site at a time when the protest of junior doctors outside the Health Department office in Salt Lake continued for the fifth day (despite torrential rains). On Saturday (September 14, 2024), Aniket Mahato, one of the protesting doctors, told news agency PTI, “Until the deceased gets justice and our other demands are met, even rain, heat, earthquake will not be able to stop our protest. We have come here for a noble cause and no force will be able to stop us from achieving it.”
Junior doctors said- we are stubborn and obstinate…
Another doctor named Soumya Chakraborty said, “If someone thinks that we are stubborn and obstinate, then it is absolutely wrong. There is definitely something going on in their mind. We are doctors, not politicians. There is no politics here. This is just a demand to clean up the health system.”
Prohibitory orders extended till September 30 near RG Kar
Meanwhile, the prohibitory orders imposed around RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been extended till September 30. According to officials, the prohibitory orders were first imposed on August 18, while these orders prohibit the gathering of more than five people in the specified area.
What is the Kolkata rape case? Understand it at a glance
In fact, on August 9, 2024, the body of a female trainee doctor was found from the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal. It is alleged that she was raped and then killed. Junior doctors are protesting against her rape and murder.
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