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150 CISF jawans to man Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital

Source: PTI
August 21, 2024 20:54 IST
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Around 150 personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force are being deployed at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital following an order of the Supreme Court, official sources said on Wednesday.

IMAGE: CISF deputy inspector general K Pratap Singh with police and security personnel arrives at the RK Kar Medical College and Hospital after the Supreme Court ordered for deployment in view of protests over the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata, August 21, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo

A day after the apex court's order, the Union home ministry wrote to the West Bengal chief secretary seeking deployment of the CISF at the state-run hospital.

 

Subsequently, a decision has been taken for the deployment of the CISF, the sources said.

Earlier in the morning, a CISF team, led by a DIG-rank officer, surveyed the hospital complex where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered earlier this month.

The force is expected to secure the resident doctors' hostel and other facilities, the sources said.

The medic's body was found in the hospital's seminar room on the morning of August 9.

A civic volunteer, who was an outsider frequenting the hospital premises, was arrested the next day in connection with the case.

The incident has since triggered protests affecting medical services across the country, with hundreds of resident doctors on strike under different banners demanding safety of medics through a central law.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 10-member task force to formulate a national protocol to ensure safety and facilities for doctors.

The task force will submit its interim report within three weeks and the final report within two months.

The apex court also ordered the deployment of CISF at the RG Kar hospital to provide security to the doctors.

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