NEW DELHI: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that the victim’s family has effectively been placed under “house arrest” by preventing them from leaving their home under various pretexts and erecting barricades around the premises.
Adhir visited the residence of the deceased doctor and spent a considerable amount of time conversing with her parents.Following the visit, Chowdhury made serious allegations against the police.
“I visited the family of the deceased doctor’s residence and spoke to them for a long time. The police have kept the family under house arrest. They are not allowing them to come out of the house on the pretext of various excuses. The police have created a barricade around them, the CISF have no clue about this,” Adhir told reporters.
He further alleged that the Kolkata Police, acting on the state government’s orders, had offered the father money to expedite the cremation of his daughter’s body.
Chowdhury attempted to meet with the protesting junior doctors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to express his solidarity, but the police prevented him from doing so.
Criticising the police, he said, “I went there as a common person and not a political leader, to express solidarity to them. But I was stopped from meeting them by the police… Had they shown this promptness earlier, our sister doctor would not have met this fate.”
The junior doctors at the hospital have been on a cease-work protest after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee’s doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for the victim and the implementation of robust security measures at medical establishments.
The Calcutta high court has ordered the CBI to take over the investigation, and a civic volunteer from the Kolkata Police has been arrested in connection with the crime.
Adhir visited the residence of the deceased doctor and spent a considerable amount of time conversing with her parents.Following the visit, Chowdhury made serious allegations against the police.
“I visited the family of the deceased doctor’s residence and spoke to them for a long time. The police have kept the family under house arrest. They are not allowing them to come out of the house on the pretext of various excuses. The police have created a barricade around them, the CISF have no clue about this,” Adhir told reporters.
He further alleged that the Kolkata Police, acting on the state government’s orders, had offered the father money to expedite the cremation of his daughter’s body.
Chowdhury attempted to meet with the protesting junior doctors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to express his solidarity, but the police prevented him from doing so.
Criticising the police, he said, “I went there as a common person and not a political leader, to express solidarity to them. But I was stopped from meeting them by the police… Had they shown this promptness earlier, our sister doctor would not have met this fate.”
The junior doctors at the hospital have been on a cease-work protest after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee’s doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for the victim and the implementation of robust security measures at medical establishments.
The Calcutta high court has ordered the CBI to take over the investigation, and a civic volunteer from the Kolkata Police has been arrested in connection with the crime.