West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari orders fresh probe into RG Kar rape-murder

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered a fresh probe into the 2022 rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The decision was made at the request of the victim's mother, who is now a BJP MLA. Adhikari alleged that the police had failed to fulfill their duties in the case and ordered a separate probe under the Special Commission Act, 1952.

The incident has seen extensive protests by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, who held a clinic for underprivileged people in north Kolkata. The Health Minister Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay announced a separate investigation by the health department, which will also examine potential shortcomings in the hospital's security and administrative framework.

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