CBI probe should not bury case, says TMC’s Derek O’Brien – ThePrint – PTIFeed

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) TMC leaders on Friday said the public outrage and outpouring of grief over the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor in Kolkata is understandable, but the CBI’s takeover of the case should not lead to “quiet “buried”.

The TMC leaders also warned that there is “false propaganda” on social media about the rape-murder incident.

O’Brien also said that the CBI, which is currently probing the case, should provide daily updates on the investigation and added that the investigation should be completed before August 17.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest rally from Moulali to Dorina crossing in Kolkata, demanding justice for the woman doctor.

Explaining why Banerjee decided to hold the rally, O’Brien said, “The CBI, which is now handling the case, has to give daily updates on the investigation… The deadline given by the CM to the Kolkata Police to complete the investigation it was august 17 The same must be true of the CBI.” “Kolkata police have arrested one accused. Justice will happen only when the CBI arrests all those involved and sends the case to an expedited court,” he told X.

“The CBI’s taking over of the case should not lead to its burying quietly,” the TMC leader said.

O’Brien said the urgent need of the hour is swift justice and the harshest punishment for the guilty. “No one who committed this barbaric act should be spared,” he added.

The TMC MP also said that action will be taken against those who looted the RG Kar Hospital. “Police have arrested 19 people,” he said.

TMC leader Mahua Moitra, in a video post on X, extended his solidarity with the “outpouring of real pain and fear in the streets”.

But it is necessary to separate facts from false propaganda,” said the Lok Sabha MP.

“Number one, there is a figure of 150 grams of bodily fluids floated by the media. The first thing to note is that the autopsy, the autopsy was conducted in the presence of a magistrate, in the presence of three doctors as witnesses and in the presence of the family. The entire procedure was filmed. It was not possible to modify anything,” Moitra said in her post.

“In any autopsy or post-mortem, the weight and condition of each particular organ is commented on, such as the liver, the heart. Similarly, in this case … the total weight of the internal and external genitalia was close to 150 grams … body fluids are measured in milliliters, not grams,” she said.

She said 150 grams is the total weight of the internal viscera of the reproductive organs. “It has nothing to do with any amount of body fluids found,” the TMC MP added.

Moitra dismissed claims that the crime scene was tampered with and that some construction activities were going on at the site. She said the crime scene was sealed off by police “immediately after the crime came to light”. “Please understand the facts surrounding this. The crime scene, the PO, the place of production was sealed off by the police immediately after the crime came to light… Calcutta police and CBI are the only people who can access this. It’s secure,” she said.

After the incident, the health secretary came to the site and met with doctors and students, who said they needed a rest area and toilets built immediately, she said.

“The superintending engineer was asked without delay by the students to go build this. That is why the construction work of toilets and rest area has started there in accordance with the requirements of the students, at the place chosen by them,” said the TMC leader.

“This is not the production site or the PO or the crime scene, which has been completely separated.” She also rejected the claim that there was ever a commission of inquiry to investigate the victim’s mental health or psychiatric condition.

“This is complete and utter rubbish. After August 9, when the FIR was lodged and the police took over the investigation, an internal administrative committee was set up as a normal operating procedure in any such situation to see if there were any lapses on the part of the hospital,” said Moitra .

She said the five-member commission of inquiry had a chairman who was the dean of student affairs and the convener was the head of the anatomy department. Three other members were Head of Medicine, another HOD of Anatomy and Head of Psychiatry.

“This was just to look at administrative lapses and see an internal investigation as standard operating procedure,” she said.

A postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and killed while on duty at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. A civic volunteer was arrested in connection with the murder the next day.

Unidentified miscreants entered the hospital premises shortly after midnight on Thursday and vandalized portions of the medical facility where the body of a female doctor was found last week.

The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women against the rape-murder incident. PTI AO AO SKY SKY

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