Junior Doctors Protest Rape and Murder of Colleague, Demand Justice

Junior doctors in West Bengal are protesting the rape and murder of a woman doctor, severely impacting healthcare services as senior doctors step in. They demand a judicial probe and set a deadline for police investigation. The state government has cancelled senior doctors' leaves to manage the patient rush.

Junior doctors across West Bengal continued their ceasework on Tuesday to protest the rape and murder of a female doctor at a state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata, demanding justice and a judicial probe into the incident.

The healthcare services have been massively impacted, with long queues of patients at outpatient departments (OPDs) of government hospitals. Senior doctors have been stepping in to manage the workload, but the situation remains critical.

The agitating doctors have given Kolkata Police a deadline of August 14 to complete their investigation, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set an August 18 deadline, threatening to hand over the case to the CBI if the police fail to solve it.