Why Deomolition Took Place in Kolkata Hospital Days After Doctor's Rape? Document Reveals
According to sources, a decision was made to build certain additions and modifications to the current building in order to provide room for the medics' basic amenities, as evidenced by the widely circulated document dated august 12.
Three junior physicians, three nurses, and Dr. Arunava Dutta Chowdhury, the executive engineer assigned to RG Kar Hospital and director of the department of chest medicine, all signed the paper.
However, more accusations were made against the state government for allegedly attempting to destroy evidence by removing the wall when a video of them doing so went viral in front of the lecture hall.
After that, the construction was promptly stopped by kolkata police. The police said that the murder scene remained unaltered and denied that any remodeling work was taking on within the lecture hall.
"There is nothing true to any of these claims that the murder scene has been destroyed or dismantled. The government's attorney stated that the demolition work that took place was not close to the scene of the incident.
Following the august 9 rape and murder of a trainee female doctor at the RG Kar Medical college and Hospital, young physicians around the nation staged protests.