99% demands met, top cop to go: Didi after meeting doctors

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday night announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, director of health services and director of medical education would be removed, giving in to the demands of the agitating junior doctors.

Following a meeting with the medics, she claimed that talks were “fruitful” and nearly “99 per cent of their demands have been accepted”. The name of the new Kolkata police commissioner will be announced on Tuesday, she told reporters after the meeting at her residence. She urged the doctors to return to work.

Top court To examine challan, CBI report

An SC Bench, which had earlier flagged a missing post-mortem challan, will on Tuesday examine the document likely to be submitted by the WB Government and a fresh status report to be filed by the CBI outlining new developments in its probe into the rap-murder case

"No punitive action will be taken against the doctors… I would request them to resume the work as common people are suffering," she said.

The meeting was held after four unsuccessful attempts to initiate a dialogue to resolve the more than a month-long impasse over the RG Kar hospital rape-murder. The meeting lasted nearly two hours, after which both sides finalised the minutes of the meeting, sources said. Earlier, a delegation of 35 doctors arrived at Banerjee’s Kalighat residence at 6.20 pm. Originally scheduled at 5 pm, the meeting began around 6.50 pm and ended at 9 pm. Reports said the doctors submitted a memorandum to the CM listing their demands.

Previous attempts to resolve the issue got stuck due to the state government’s rejection of the doctors’ demand for live-streaming and video recording of the meeting. The agitating medics later agreed to a compromise, now only asking to record the minutes of the meeting and receive a signed copy. The state government accepted this condition, with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant saying both parties would sign the minutes of the meeting and share copies for clarity.

The government also allowed the two stenographers, accompanying the agitating doctors, inside the venue to record the minutes of the meeting.