{
  "id": 390514,
  "title": "RG Kar rape-murder case: CM Suvendu Adhikari orders fresh probe after Ratna Debnath's request",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/rg-kar-rape-murder-case-cm-suvendu-adhikari-orders-fresh-probe-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T15:23:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rg-kar-rape-murder-case-cm-suvendu-adhikari-orders-fresh-probe-after-ratna-debnaths-request-11786284680326.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Sunday that West Bengal's government will launch a fresh investigation into the 2024 rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. This decision came after the victim's mother, Ratna Debnath, who is now a BJP MLA, requested the probe. Adhikari alleged that the police were negligent in handling the case and ordered a separate inquiry into alleged irregularities surrounding the victim's cremation. Government hospitals observed a two-minute silence to remember the on-duty doctor, and her mother planted a sapling at a memorial program marking the second anniversary of her death.",
  "summary": "West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari said the decision was taken following a request from the victim’s mother Ratna Debnath, who is currently a BJP MLA. He alleged that the police had failed to discharge their responsibilities properly in connection with the case.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's helicopter makes emergency landing at Kolaghat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/bengal-cm-suvendu-adhikaris-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-at",
        "published": "2026-08-11T07:58:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}