Kolkata horror: Rallies seeking justice for medic rock Kolkata

Rallies and demonstrations demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital’s doctor, who was raped and murdered, rocked Kolkata on Sunday.

Retired Army officers, who were alumni of Purulia Sainik School, marched from Jadavpur 8B Bus Stand to Golpark in south Kolkata with placards in their hands amid rains. In Wellington, central part of the city, former students of Calcutta Girls’ High School marched in a rally.

Hundreds of nurses held a rally at Karunamoyee in Salt Lake, seeking safety at the workplace.

Meanwhile, a local court here on Sunday sent former principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal to CBI custody till September 17, an officer said.

Ghosh and Mondal were produced before a court here by the central agency in connection with the rape-murder of a doctor at the state-run hospital.

“We got their custody for three days till September 17. Now, both will be questioned together. The duo has played vital roles in the RG Kar case,” the officer said.

The CBI, probing the case, had on Saturday evening arrested Mondal and added charges of tampering with evidence against Ghosh, who is currently in judicial custody in a corruption case related to the RG Kar hospital.

Mondal also faces accusations of tampering with evidence, delaying registration of the FIR and other related offences, according to the officer. The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital falls under the jurisdiction of Tala PS.

The police officer was held after he "failed to provide satisfying answers" during questioning by the CBI officers on Saturday.

The CBI claimed in the court that “there could be a bigger conspiracy” and that both Ghosh and Mondal had played some “vital roles” in this crime. The police should have treated it as a suo motu case at the outset, since it’s a rape-murder incident, the central probe agency said.