CBI team in Kolkata to probe rape, murder of doctor
International desk: A team of senior officers of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation today reached Kolkata to investigate the rape and murder of a doctor at a state-run hospital in the city, an incident which sparked outrage among doctors, leading to a third day of strikes.
The body of the trainee doctor was found on August 9 in the seminar hall of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The CBI team, which comprises medical and forensic experts, will visit the location of the crime, said sources at the central government agency.
The visit by the CBI team comes a day after the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the central agency.
Meanwhile, the strike by doctors has continued across India, according to reports coming in from Delhi, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and several other states.
Healthcare services were severely disrupted in outpatient departments (OPDs) in hospitals across the nation and at almost all medical facilities in the state of West Bengal because of this.
Long queues were seen at ticket
counters of OPDs of all government hospitals where senior doctors joined their junior counterparts to protest against the crime.
