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A 180-member CISF contingent has taken over security at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. This move follows a Supreme Court order after the hospital was vandalised and a postgraduate resident doctor was found raped and murdered on August 9. CISF aims to restore confidence among doctors, patients, and the public.
KOLKATA: A 180-member
CISF
contingent assumed control of
security
at Kolkata’s
RG Kar
Medical College and Hospital on Thursday, following a Supreme Court order. Upon arrival, they removed barricades at the entrance that had been in place since Independence Day after the hospital was vandalised by a mob on the night women marched across the city, demanding justice for an on-duty postgraduate resident doctor who was found raped and murdered at the hospital on Aug 9.
“We are trying to gain the confidence of doctors, patients, and the general public.
We have removed the barricades and have started seamless entry and exit of patients and doctors at the hospital,” said DIG K Pratap Singh.
Junior doctors expressed relief at the move.
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