Kolkata Rape-Murder: Bengal Governor Meets HM Shah, CBI Secures Clues On Attempted Renovation Near Crime Scene | Updates

The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal has planned to lock the state Women’s Commission office on Friday as their protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital continue.

Meanwhile, Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose who is currently in Delhi met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence today.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the case have secured some crucial clues regarding instructions pertaining to attempted renovation near the scene of the crime, as per sources.

The Trinamool Congress is also planning a protest today seeking justice and planning to put pressure on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Audio clips purportedly capturing conversations between parents of the Kolkata doctor, who was raped and murdered earlier this month and at least two officials at the state-run hospital where she was on duty during the crime have surfaced online, reinvigorating a debate in the backdrop of claims that her family was not given correct information during the first calls.

Even though, News18 couldn’t independently verify it’s authenticity, in the clips, purported officials — one male and one female — at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital could be heard telling the parents that they must rush to the facility.

The trainee doctor’s body was found in the seminar hall on the fourth floor of RG Kar Hospital, also her workplace, on August 9. Her parents have previously said that the initial calls from the hospital had claimed suicide, and that they were made to wait for at least three hours before they could see the body.

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• West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose left from HM Shah’s residence after meeting him.
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here earlier this month, have secured some crucial clues regarding instructions pertaining to attempted renovation near the scene of the crime, sources said.
• On the RG Kar Rape and murder incident, the victim’s father said, “We don’t know from where, how it (the phone conversation between the family and the assistant superintendent of the hospital) went viral. We will not take responsibility for it. On whether the voice on the phone is his, the victim’s father said, “You say so, but I do not see it. This issue will not affect the investigation.”
• Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Central Division, Kolkata Police said, “Today we have seen that there are few video clips which are viral in the social media as well as in some television channels wherein there is a discussion that probably the colour of the curtain bed sheet which was used to cover the body, was of a different colour than the previously declared colour that was blue. Our photography and videography session started at around 12:25 PM on that particular day, and the photography and videography were done in phases, not only during the seizure process but during the inquest, as well as when the forensic team arrived. During this time, whatever records are available with us. I can unequivocally say that the colour of the bed sheet that was used to cover the body was blue in colour. We have heard that it has been claimed that the colour may have been green or some other colour, but it is not so. Whatever data was there with us, it has been duly handed over to CBI and the same records are with them and you can get it cross-checked from the agency as well. “
• Both the ruling TMC and opposition BJP will hold demonstrations, as the protests enter their third week.
• BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said Mahila Morcha members would lock the office from the outside. The BJP will continue its sit-in protest at Esplanade for the second day on Friday, part of a week-long series demanding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation and justice for the victim.