Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder stirs nationwide anger over women’s safety & ‘reclaim the night' warcry

[@rahulbasak]

Civic police volunteers (they wear blue uniforms) are essentially TMC cadres in uniform. TMC rewards its thugs with these informal positions. This entire concept is the brainchild of Mamata Banerjee.

[@globalnationalismyoutube]

Do other states have civic police

[@vishalrockzz844]

@@globalnationalismyoutube nope

[@NishadKelkar]

​@@globalnationalismyoutube no....

[@FreeYourImagination]

​@@globalnationalismyoutube Gujarat has some called Suraksha Setu. The Suraksha Setu Societies are autonomous bodies registered under the Gujarat Societies Act. They have a Governing Council for general administration and an Executive Committee for day-to-day activities. The Societies are made up of members of the police force and members of the public. This ensures that there is a collaborative approach towards crime prevention and community safety. The Suraksha Setu Societies are focused on engaging in proactive measures to prevent crimes. The societies work towards creating awareness about safety measures, ensuring the safety of women and children, protecting against cybercrime, and managing disasters. The societies also strive to create a sense of responsibility and ownership among the public towards their own safety and security. This is done by encouraging the community to report any suspicious activities and working together with the police to prevent crimes.

[@vivekrao6215]

​@@globalnationalismyoutubeno

[@mrseskasi]

TMC participating in this protest is like a serial killer asking for justice for their victims! Is this a joke? Disgusting party. TMC is participating in protest when they had an active part in trying to shield the real criminals and cover up the whole thing. What do they think people will forget they had a role in a total miscarriage of justice. Hello Mamta begum is CM and health minister of West Bengal!! She needs to go! Period.

[@ananthaharijith1965]

People of West Bengal have reaffirmed their commitment to Mamata and Moitra even in parliament elections. Mamata didi Ki Jai

[@venkatabhiram1688]

TMC is a curse on West Bengal that Bengalis have invited upon themselves.

[@KaushikSarkar-uo2lt]

​@@ananthaharijith1965 are you sarcastic or serious?

[@ananthaharijith1965]

@@KaushikSarkar-uo2lt my statement was indeed based on election results. The people have spoken through ballots. Nothing more to say

[@ananthaharijith1965]

@@KaushikSarkar-uo2lt The Ki Jai part is sarcasm

[@atrayeem5146]

Me being a resident FEMALE doctor - I would still like to ask - we women after being variably talented in multiple tasks, why work 36 hours in residency, years after years - for graduation (internship), post graduation, superspeciality at bare minimum stipend of 50k-80k (across this Nation) and absence of daily basic needs like decent food, water, rest and safety at work place i.e. our hospitals ????? This is the current situation in most states in India! In such kinda training we learn the science of how to save others' lives - prioritize others' needs... neglecting our own basic rights..... Why not choose any other profession (engeenering, commerce) - like in IT sector, banking - where easily anyone doing 9-5 job earns more than 1.5 lakh with weekends off! Why we need to choose this profession and suffer? That too for such a society - such great people of our nation - who after ripping our skin off and breaking our every bone of our body and breaking our pelvis - inform our death (grievously injured) as 'suicide' to our parents !!! As a doctor we have no respect for our fellow doctors... As a human we have no humanity left.... It's very very sad. And we want to celebrate Independent India !!! Jai Jo! And we still want to celebrate/ worship God ( Devi) in temples and pandals !!! What a yug this is..........

[@maureensamson4863]

I'd feel like a total hypocrite if , today , I'd have to don my white sari and stand with the little kids in School ! Thank goodness I've long retired !😢😢

[@sadanandgote5544]

U r absolutely right.. . Plight of doctors is very very sad.. There are 3 to 4 patients per bed! Doctors have to work up to 16-18 hours at a stretch... This is nothing but bonded labour. ... Obviously it leads to premature burn out of young doctors. .. So far as women doctors, nurses are concerned, their plight is worse..

[@harshithanuthala8930]

This incident took place inside hospital premises who knows the culprits involved maybe hospital management and police also that's why maybe they are trying to protect them and justice is delayed

[@vivekshivdasani9521]

This incident has been a rude awakening for educated young women. Me thinks that the rapists were jealous of the young lady doctor and her bright future prospects.

[@harshithanuthala8930]

Doctor profession means service oriented not commercial the first day when you take mbbs u r accepting oath that u will serve ......so nobody to blame.......

[@pradhyudh]

I was in an icu waiting room. A girl was crying,some miscreant touched her inappropriately without her knowledge, another women not related her saw and shouted at him. He ran away . Nobody is safe ,this is a very reputed private hospital, Kasturba hospital, Manipal.

[@maureensamson4863]

Time to recognise that I don't have to be related to or even know a person being harassed , in order to help out !😮😮

[@ravikumarsribhashyam8846]

How is it connected to this incident. Diversion ?

[@maureensamson4863]

@@ravikumarsribhashyam8846 Women could be harassed anywhere .... anyone can raise their voice to help out !

[@rijzone]

The fact that this animal was repointed again to another institute makes it clear. The buck stops at Mamata Banerjee, She is the culprit.

[@janami-dharmam]

she too is a victim because she has no control of the system. the mafia has finally taken over

[@subhadeepmandal9639]

It was the principal of medical college, not the rapist.

[@rijzone]

@@subhadeepmandal9639 TMC koren naki?

[@SagnikSanyal88]

@@rijzone What nonsense ..... please don't bring politics here ....

[@preetiraut7700]

​@@SagnikSanyal88Politics will be involved when opposition protest against govt in the Name of women's safety

[@ssb9054]

Very disappointed with this reporting by Shekhar Gupta, he missed several points why post mortem was done in the same college where the incident happened, also some portions around the seminar hall was broken down today, yes her body was cremated hurriedly, why did you not mention kolkata high courts observations on the police and administration. There is a clear cut administration involvement, shekhar gupta trying his best to say otherwise.

[@docgupta_01]

Even SG Is here with an agenda.

[@gopaakrishnanmvenkataraman9129]

Journalism and criminals are always bedfellows

[@narkelnaru2710]

1. The post-mortem WAS NOT CONDUCTED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL as the one in which the incident occurred. 2. The cremation was conducted by the family. You are possibly right that they should have waited for the investigation to be clearer about the sources of various injuries. 3. The complicity of the local administration should be open for judgement based on the investigation. I agree. But Mr. Gupta uses the word "seems" too often. This is a bad opinion piece. This is why ThePrint is no longer reliable.

[@chandrashivpuri1224]

This is because Shekhar Gupta is very biased. He is giving shelter to Mamta.

[@sureshnaidu201]

Maybe none of bs u said didn't happen

[@asishkumar5231]

@ThePrint Shekhar, having lived in Kolkata for the last 25 years, I've witnessed its transformation firsthand. I can confidently say that the TMC government has caused more harm to West Bengal than any previous Governments. The TMC government has significantly reduced direct recruitment in the government sector, particularly in the police force. Instead, TMC workers are being brought in as volunteer traffic police and police man, allowing the party to exert control over the administration at a local level. This means that if any one specially TMC worker misbehaves or commit crime against someone, it's difficult to file a complaint because the person at the police station might also be a TMC worker in uniform, acting as a volunteer police. These contract-based jobs not only ensure votes from their families-who fear losing their livelihood if the government changes-but also allow the party to maintain a stronghold. The same pattern is being observed in other government offices, like the RTO and even in schools. This situation is particularly concerning given the high unemployment rate, as qualified candidates from villages and other districts are being sidelined in favor of party loyalists, who are being offered jobs on a contractual basis, compelling them to show unwavering loyalty to the party to secure their employment.

[@vinodmenon3591]

Sheikh Hasina could have learnt from Momta, instead she tried to reserve jobs for her supporters and lost her throne, but Asish this is the playbook of the communists to stick to power.

[@vivekshivdasani9521]

In civilised countries women can go out at night without fear.

[@bermaravi528]

Obviously

[@KumarAkshay-so3en]

In a population of 140 crores, 5-10 such rare cases will happen. No need to defame India, rather focus on the issue at hand, which is delivering Justice to the deceased person.

[@gauravd231]

Every 15 minutes one woman is raped in India. It's not an isolated case but is due to serious flaws in our system and the society. You should seriously look closer and introspect. ​@@KumarAkshay-so3en

[@gauravd231]

Yes exactly. And this superiority complex is what elongates to bigger issues like crime against women. I am always afraid of either my girlfriend, my sister or my friends when they're out. Even in broad daylight। It's a cause that is common beyond anything@@girlofthealpines

[@Prat-zi1ou]

They do in Mumbai they do in pune i don't know how this happens in other states

[@AR-yv3dj]

Jaya Bhaduri who was very noisy during the Nirbhaya case now watching Netflix in her AC room 😅, This female misbehaves in Parliament and feels insulted for no reason... Imagine what the young doctor was feeling at that time...

[@tapemaj]

Hypocrite Jaya Amitabh Bacchan

[@animallover3904]

Wtf are you laughing

[@chatpapdi]

And where were you when Brijbhushan was elected or when bilkis bano rapists were released before the election…….discussing the Mughals I guess🙄

[@deeocta]

You uncouth pundai what r u laughing puluthi comnati

[@maureensamson4863]

​@@tapemaj Yeah ! When she protested the patriarchal and sexist custom in Maharashtra , (of adding her husband's name as her middle name ) everyone condemned her for being arrogant and wasting time and taxpayers ' money ! When you live among a bunch of patriarchal, misogynistic people whose chief entertainment is watching violent crime ... maybe it's time to stop caring !😮😮

[@SGMukherji]

The hypocrite of the year: Mahua Moitra🤮

[@AR-yv3dj]

Jaya Bhaduri also 😅

[@tapemaj]

And a woman too with Gucci bags 💼 😓

[@tapemaj]

@@AR-yv3djutterly hypocritical Jaya Amitabh Bacchan ..

[@mantumahato1989]

Sagorika ghosh also

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

Karanjeet Kaur also

[@PseudoProphet]

Students should do regime change in West Bengal as well. 😢😢

[@lookintoit4537]

From Kolkata. Many people I know, men and women, completely apathetic to politics have joined this.

[@ssb9054]

Another one here. Do you find this reporting a bit suspicious? He trying to portray the whole matter differently

[@janami-dharmam]

@@ssb9054 he has presented the case as it appears to public; he surely knows more but cannot tell.

[@smritimoyhalder605]

Absolutely so. Felt it exactly on the ground.👍🏻

[@saradaramsatyavada4943]

Mamta Banerji busy protecting her cm chair, Mahua Moitra busy counting her Guchi bags, Sagarika Ghosh busy talking nonsense and Jaya Amitab Bachchan busy talking about her name need to be trashed in the open air ! Shameless women when so many tragedies are going on in this country ….

[@NidzShah-ps6kr]

Jaya bachan needs to stop doing politics. We don't want any opinions out of her 🙄

[@ananthaharijith1965]

The people of India vote such people to power

[@ksradhak]

​@@ananthaharijith1965blame it on hindu Durga pooja celebrating bengalis for voting TMC

[@pawankhurana1345]

Be it any political party, their atitude towards health and doctors at large is pathetic. Even during Corona instead of giving risk allowance to doctor, the Government ( all political parties) applied essential services act or threatened them of kicking them out of PG course. Government should instead encourage private healthcare who at least have good private security and doctors Duty room

[@vilomchakram]

Government is really promoting private healthcare that is reason that public hospitals are not provided facilities for both pateints and medical staff.

[@goodthings8694]

Let’s call it out man. I’m not saying let’s do politics. But when Mamata is clearly protecting the culprits, it’s not just correct to say “all parties are at wrong “. Only political pressure on the ruling party who are controlling state police can bring justice.

[@pawankhurana1345]

@@goodthings8694 Let's go in past and question the atitude of then CM Sheila Dixit of Delhi towards Nirbhaya rape case, is Law and Order better in Delhi in general and for women safety, Let's talk about atitude of MP CM then Shiv Raj Chauhan towards doctors who were treating Corona patients, Vypam Scam in Madhya Pradesh where fake MBBS admission happened and 34 political murders happened where most of them were doctors murders, NRHM murders of doctors in Uttar Pradesh during Maya wati CM period

[@megsarna7429]

Maximum Rapes happen in UP, Rajasthan, Bihar. Why No one protesting there??

[@pawankhurana1345]

@@megsarna7429 Happen every where , DELHI Nirbhaya case is well known, in UP , MP Bihar media is comparatively less active, just few days back a horrifying rape of a wife in front of her husband in a running train where even around 17 co passenger's were present happened in Indian Railways, media reported but no hue and cry

[@ranikalakaar]

This is why India doesn't prosper. There is no accountability for the evil horrors. It's just a to be continued. People have forgotten the real God. Yeh hai bharat.

[@venkatabhiram1688]

Completely understand and appreciate the Doctors protest. But why is TMC protesting and against whom?? Being in power for such a long time and doing thuggery day in day out, when will these politicians become human beings???

[@PulkitTiwari]

No hero cricketer or superstar speaks a word on this nationally - we are truly a country that needs to be a bit more ashamed of who we worship vs who we should

[@Greenleaves-pf2xn]

All women are angry not just medical students sir!!!

[@comedyalbums7202]

If good mans dies u never preotest hypocrite women

[@ChaithanyaJGirija]

Not just women

[@Oldguynewhuman]

I'm so glad I left India after MBBS. The whole medical system needs to be broken down and rebuilt. I am sure there are 100s of NRI doctors including me, who would be happy to participate in rebuilding the medical system.

[@KumarAkshay-so3en]

Did you pay the entire subsidy amount back?

[@mayankjha7444]

​@@KumarAkshay-so3enno he pays remittance more than your net worth back to India which our government uses to feed corrupt politicians go and study first kid.

[@GH-mj2ti]

​@@KumarAkshay-so3enOP's family paid the taxes. Get a job Akshay and stop spamming.

[@shails98]

Pay the money back to hospital for your subsidized study

[@kd1606]

​@@GH-mj2ti Then let him pay back the subsidy minus taxes. Why should Indian subsidy go to america? Entire country pays taxes don't know why doctors should be specially acknowledged.

[@taichader7098]

reported rape case in India is 90/day. Imagine the unreported cases.

[@janami-dharmam]

that is not much for a country with 1.4b population. This means 0.090 per million and 0.0090 per lakh.

[@varshasindhu5672]

The unreported cases will be humongous in number. Women in India rarely report sexual crimes. It’s only when they are murdered that it comes to light .

[@preetiraut7700]

​@@janami-dharmamtalk about unreported cases. According to some reports only 1% case are registered. Now imagine the actual numbers

[@RkR2001]

Civic volunteer And no background checks 😮

[@maxpayne2060]

The civic volunteer is not the real culprit just a convenient scapegoat.The true perpetrators are being shielded ,the evidences being destroyed.

[@RkR2001]

@@maxpayne2060 who are They ?any Names ?????

[@SGMukherji]

​@@RkR2001son of a MLA

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

​@@RkR2001some rumours claiming Manjis son who is intern and some other interns

[@RkR2001]

Politicians Son and a Fraud doctor with no other work.-/This will surely put pressure on TMC

[@Shukra9665]

Your daughter is dead? NO - Your daughter committed suicide. Please tell the truth.

[@tejalkhandelwal]

Looking at the values of men in Indian society and the brutality of crimes they commit towards women i.e. physical, psychological and emotional, i honestly feel India needs more of value education than technical knowledge.Value education will not only come from government but from families, from societies. Families need reform first. Focus in light of such incidents shifts to 1) Safety norms in workplaces, cities 2) State government and Central government negligence 3) Fault of Police and bureaucracy. Though this is vital but it is not root cause of problems. We don't focus on building right attitude at all. The first time your boy child acts disrespectful towards a female, you must punish them there. And teach the girl to be upfront towards disrespect. We all have gone wrong at the roots. We only focus on stems, branches and fruits of our own teachings. No one focuses in their homes. You socialize your boys wrongly, you make them epitomes of patriarchy, you dont teach them right values and they become 24*7 sex searching vultures. First we need to reform homes. Teach boys to be humane, respectful, and teach our girls to be courageous.

[@malpalmer3269]

Spot on

[@saitech007]

On bulls 🐂 eye 🎯

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

Many mothers themselves turn a blind eye to their son's disrespectful behavior towards girls. They see it as 'my son is getting strong to face the society' and 'my son is never wrong'. In many societies they don't act even when their son acts disrespectful towards their own daughter. If women themselves have this mindset towards their son, who is going to save their daughters?

[@Adi-8529]

Spot on. It pervades every aspect of our society.

[@slime1592]

​@@LikeDeep-q6w I hate those parents, they are an epidemic to this already affected country.

[@abhijitguha494]

This heinous crime is being protested nationwide because the victim is a doctor. These crimes are being committed everyday on ordinary defenceless women across the nation. But no media space is ever given to these victims. This incident also tells us that media/civil society gets involved when a person who belongs to "us" is attacked. When it happens to "them" we just go about in our lives. We don't care.

[@kripamoydas-qk7il]

Sanjay Roy is a scapegoat there are a lot of people behind the scenes attached to the ruling party

[@sammmm000000000000]

1)Why aren't there a restroom for doctors near their dutyroom? 2)Why there weren't any security while lady doctors work at night? 3) Why a doc would work for 36hrs? 4)Why the hospital managers and authorities didn't look into these matters? 5) Why almost all hosp administration are held in the hand of arrogant hospital managers ? Who are least concerned regarding the safety and security of the duty staffs? 6) Why the GOVT system depend so much on hosp managers not on the hospital docs who work in ground level and face the difficulties? 7) Why aren't the Distric authorities least concerned about these? 8) HOW much do you feel safe to leave your daughters to work in such hospital environment? 9) Who will you blame for this?

[@janami-dharmam]

9) Who will you blame for this? the politicians and their henchmen

[@sadanandgote5544]

Basically, people are not afraid of law any more. POLICE, Juduges are incompetent, some even corrupt; judiciary takes several years to decide case at court of first level. Then there are high court, supreme court. So why the law breakers would be afraid of law any more?. Total breakdown of law machinery

[@Gaurav37884]

No , but the people of this country , never take anything seriously , let be it cleanliness or road violations , and those people throw everything in politicians who are also culprits, first people have to change !

[@DrTechNNo]

Our hospital owners once said, if you are on night duty then why do u want to rest?

[@DrDrax108]

The sad reality is this is true for almost every medical college. I am a young female doctor in the state of MP and i have experienced unsafe surroundings in my medical college and also in the Govt hospital where i was posted as bonded doctor. India is NOT safe for females. Predators everywhere. Political gains everywhere. All want to do is to leave the country now.

[@sun29datta]

With due respect SG and the print team, an unpardonable oversight for this to come so late

[@prashanthsubburam1605]

print did report on this incident immediately as the news started coming but they do need time to do cut the clutter it’s take time to gather data facts and do their opinion analysis. So if think this is the first print mentioning this then it’s not

[@ssb9054]

​@@prashanthsubburam1605 this drama of due diligence happens in some cases, in some there is immediate reporting. We all know why that is

[@prashanthsubburam1605]

@@ssb9054 there was immediate reporting on it just no opinion piece. Print as news media, has a reporting section and an opinion section. This video is the opinion side (cut the clutter is more an analysis section though)

[@ssb9054]

@@prashanthsubburam1605 I am taking about Shekhar Gupta , I have been watching Cut The Clutter from his 6-7th episode, I have seen him cover topics just after a day of occurrence. I am not that naive sir and I have just checked it from doctor in national medical college, the victim's pelvic girdle was indeed broken, Shekhar Gupta says otherwise , such shoddy reporting.

[@docgupta_01]

Even The print is here with an agena. No one is unbiased. I did check for all the media with inclination to left including Ravish kumar They all were late in reporting the case as if they don't have a daughter or sister in their home. The havoc the TMC goons have created on the midnight of 15th clearly shows who all are involved in the case. Stand against rape stand against Hate Please keep your political inclination aside and Stand with justice Before its too late and the next victim is someone you love.

[@bpi8940]

Mamta is good finisher. She finished West Bengal 💀💀

[@ananthaharijith1965]

The people of West Bengal deserve her. They even reaffirmed her faith in parliament elections

[@janami-dharmam]

@@ananthaharijith1965 she is a saint compared to BJP goons

[@premswarupnayak2171]

​@@janami-dharmam so this is what Saints do may be you mother and daughter need this saint. Stand with right just because she is not you sister doesn't mean you warm your political view even in this situation

[@ananthaharijith1965]

@@janami-dharmam If you live locally, your opinion should be among the valid ones

[@xankui]

​@@janami-dharmamso a Saint trying it's best to hide all the evidences of the rape case.

[@archismanmandal6645]

It's not incident done by patient party...but by own colleague doctors and stuffs.there is a severe potential case of a sex racket,drug muffia. Please do a thorough video on the investigation and political cover up.

[@janami-dharmam]

if what you are saying is correct, CBI will also cover it up

[@ereh987]

@@janami-dharmam i have no trust in cbi ngl

[@gurdeepkaur9780]

Mamta is a wolf in a woman 's garb.

[@RkR2001]

Some Political Criminals are involved in This case who are they ?

[@sandip870]

Tmc leaders' sons were involved...it was gang rap3... probably 5/8 people were involved

[@iaf010]

Mamata Banerjee has done a Sheila Dikshit with this case. She can give 1000/month to women but cant protect women which is her FIRST duty as CM to provide law and order. Bengali women will still call her didi even after their own "betis" are being assaulted daily.

[@ivyimogene]

Yes, the hospital administation is guilty of cover up and the TMC govt also seems to be protecting them. The rapists were clearly psychos who had no human feeling. The details of her injuries are too horrific.

[@rskolkata]

They did not say daughter is dead. They said it was called suicide.

[@mtarkes]

suicide means she is alive right?

[@rskolkata]

@@mtarkes She was brutally murdered but they called home and said suicide and made the family wait while they tampered with the crime scene.

[@maureensamson4863]

Male superiority is blown out of proportion in our country . Where's the necessity for naming husband / father on every official document ? In some stares such as Maharashtra it's forcibly added as the middle name , thus causing a load of confusion as documents do not match each other . 😮😮

[@BharatThatIsIndia]

My own "Saali" has gone to Jadavpur to participate in the protest and she is still der and it is 12:20 AM. Mamata Banerjee's government response was bad in the beginning and that caused the issue. Mamata Banerjee must hurry and solve this issue asap. The brutality was unimaginable and hence the anger.

[@masoombari4890]

​​@@marinchan6334 don't disrespect Muslims by calling her begum.she should resign . We Muslims are protesting against her injustice

[@rmzr4824]

keep voting for her, secular losers, im sure the attacker is prolly muslim that is y justice hasnt happened

[@rmzr4824]

@@masoombari4890 ya ya, we see ur respect in bangladesh alright

[@mahboobatuli8695]

​@@rmzr4824wtf are you talking about?

[@rmzr4824]

@@mahboobatuli8695 we saw what ur people did to our people in bangladesh

[@vg6548]

Mamata doing protest?! Against whom?! State police reports to her. For one 4 days they tried to brush the case under the carpet. Told the parents that it was suicide. Couldn't safegaurd crime scene from goons. They left released goons onto protesting doctors. Reappointed principal in some clg. Now that it is given to CBI Mamata will protest? What was she doing without giving the victim justice for four days?

[@karanmumbai2047]

I see reporting of how to make workplace safe for women doctors. I want the solution to how do we make our society safe for women!

[@reshmanoor7411]

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA

[@Love-wz4vg]

welcome to secular demcoracy

[@mahitapendyala7250]

Thank you for covering this with the maturity and sensitivity required in such cases. Hope the CBI and courts brings swift closure in the case, which is only possible by finding all who are guilty and ensuring strictest punishment.

[@12345614489]

Sack Mamta Govt

[@RRR-1111]

*"DOCTORS VS JUDGES"* Dr Ramesh Ganesan asked a medico legal question : Judiciary should also come under CPA (Consumer Protection Act). --In the Salman Khan hit and run case, the LOWER court judge and the HIGH court judge had the SAME pieces of EVIDENCE to deal with. --They also had the SAME Indian LAW to abide by and most probably they had similar educational qualifications too. --Yet they INTERPRETED the situation in absolutely CONTRASTING manner and gave verdicts which are poles apart. --Just imagine what would have happened if a YOUNG doctor sitting in a GOVERNMENT hospital, catering to hundreds of patients in a day, had diagnosed a celebrity patient presented with gastric discomfort as GASTRITIS and another hospital had LATER on diagnosed that patient to be having a MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. I am sure that doctor would have been screwed and jailed. --A JUDGE gets YEARS to decide on a case unlike a DOCTOR who is expected to diagnose and treat everything in the BLINK of an eye. --If a doctor making a wrong diagnosis can be prosecuted, shouldn't a judge giving wrong verdicts meet the same fate? --If hospitals can be sued for not admitting poor patients, shouldn't the courts be prosecuted for having lacs of impending cases? --Is it not appalling that a judge who takes 12 years to give a wrong verdict gets away unhurt and a doctor making one mistake is screwed by our legal system? --Doctors practice medicine which is more of an art than an exact science, whereas law is absolutely 100% manmade, yet doctors are expected to be right on all occasions. --If doctors and hospitals have a duty towards the society then does the judiciary not have a responsibility towards the socitey. --If there is so much of hue and cry in media about doctors and hospitals charging huge sums from patients, then why do we not ever hear a word on the fee that lawyers like Manu Singhvi and Jethmalani charge for their court appearances. --Government often talks about putting a capping on the fees doctors charge for various procedures but there is no talk of putting a capping on the fee that these lawyers charge to get justice for their clients. --If health is a citizen's right, then so is justice. Shall we think about taking our minds off worshipping false heroes ? *JUDICIARY SHOULD ALSO COME UNDER CPA (CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT)* Please share if you agree... *Hospitals don't have summer vacation like school children while courts and My lords enjoy it..* 😡

[@Pleindevie3]

No political party nor a media person is interested in improving health in India. I double dare shekhar gupta to do a cut the clutter about illegal and atrocious activity in healthcare sector and the working conditions of junior doctors ...

[@arghyapathak2497]

We want justice from , every corner corrupt politician ,corrup administration corruption all over india

[@janami-dharmam]

yes, 80% people will be cleaned up!

[@rahulmallick1878]

This demonstration is unprecedented in India

[@pranavjoshi9833]

Don't forget Nirbhaya and the brutality of that horrendous crime.

[@AnilNG100]

What kind of sick person will do such kind of thing.... And thanks Shekar Ji for talking about this...

[@gadhakumar685]

Gupta ji 4 days and making it national issue have forced them to talk about it Most of opposition was waiting to put it under the rug just like ayodhya case

[@AR-yv3dj]

He was waiting for green signal from the Gandhi family 😅

[@TDRCSG]

A voice recording/message from a nurse of the same R. G Kar Medical School is being shared on social media. In the message, she identifies herself as "Soma Mukherjee". In this message, Soma says that it is a planned murder orchestrated by the principal and executed by a group of interns. The guy who was caught committed the rape on the dead body. He is a delinquent guy, was drinking outside the building, and was sent by the murderers "to have fun" after they had mercilessly killed the girl. There were four interns including a girl. They are part of an extortion gang, run by the principal who extorts money from interns for issuing completion certificates, etc. The victim refused payment and threatened to expose and that led to the brutal murder. There are many such messages by (allegedly) Jr. Doctors, interns, etc. who claim that failed medical students pay money (INR 10L) to clear a subject, interns are harassed by delaying their certificates till they pay up, etc. The kingpin is the principal. While verifying such messages or claims is impossible, the sheer volume of such allegations on social media mandates thorough investigation, especially when some identify themselves.

[@kamalroy6858]

I have gone through many videos on this case, your’s is the best. Explaining the whole incident in an unbiased manner. Thank you for this detailed report

[@ereh987]

ganta

[@rjaindia]

Why is shekhar gupta not outraged and demanding resignation of Momta di

[@randelrodrigues628]

I always thought Kolkata was very safe for women.Had lived there for 9 years.But this seems to be a shock to me.There are a lot of medical colleges in Kolkata and had a lot of malayali friends over there.

[@gobivetharatnam6923]

Govt needs money for infrastructure development. But political parties, especially opposition, keeps promising freebies and unfortunately the people are showing interest in freebies. This leads govt of the day to give freebies too. Eventually, no money for development. One thing true about democracy is that 'the people get what they deserve'.

[@mbiswas3335]

#Resign Mamata!!

[@HimanshuGupta-jx4nk]

I see there's helpline number. I am so happy to see that. It will be great help for people who lack social out reach. Thank you, the print!

[@malinathmapari4023]

It's elite victims case so all India involved,if it belongs to nurse or lower catagory, are they do it?

[@thinkgenuine6428]

Absolutely horrible to be a doctor in india... broken from inside 💔💔

[@ashishb]

Where is Sagarika Ghose now?

[@pbkvijaykulkarni6404]

She and her hubby shid have consulted some astro before joining tmc. Lot of things happening in one year and she joinrd just 1 year back around

[@Deeeejayyy]

Please also cover what happened last night at R.G.Kar Protesters are being blamed by some people for this while the target of the mob was to destroy anything they could and go after the protesters

[@saipradeepkonda5700]

Iam glad you are covering this topic gupta ji. Thank you

[@bklrao3614]

It is beyond doubt that the TMC is not interested in taking stringent action against the Principal of the Medical College and his shadowy actins .His transfer to another college by the govt is a shameless act .But for the actions of the victim's parents , whose agony is understandable , the facts would have been suppressed .That hospital must be in a rotten state.The misdeeds of the principal must be brought to light .It obvious that he is a TMC man See how the TMC lady members of Parliament are mute . Didi ' s ways are ridiculous and weird.The entire country demands justice .

[@Kudupa]

Rofl.. TMC & Mamatha Drama, CBI comes in & the CM under who's watch this crime has taken place is threatening to go on strike or whatever if the case is not solved in 3 days. Quite, a drama queen & hideous to say the least. Irrespective of what happens, WB will vote in TMC again & the back sliding of the state will continue.

[@gangegowdagowda2275]

Once west Bengal produced great people Now what has happened

[@shanthigramalakshminarayan9336]

While condemning the sexual assault and murder of a lady doctor in Kolkota, I am surprised why the social media and godhi media are keeping quite on a similar rape and murder of a Uttarkhand nurse that happened yesterday itself in Uttar Pradhesh? Why are doctors and IMA silent on the rape and murder of this nurse? Is not nurse their support staff? Is the nurse a lesser mortal than the doctors? Are they not morally bound to fight against UP govt too where the crime was comitted? Its time for all to prove that protests are BJP sponsored

[@ashisbanerjee3428]

The chief minister of W.B ( Notorious Mamta) should immediately resign from her post. She is an obnoxious person.

[@janami-dharmam]

Shuvendu is such a sweetie!

[@pranavjoshi9833]

What about all the heinous assaults committed in UP every other day? Will you say that about the ruling party there as well?

[@xankui]

​@@janami-dharmamHow tf is Suvendu related to this case? I know u are an undercover agent of TMC, trying to defend Mamata at any cost

[@xankui]

​@@pranavjoshi9833so the rape cases on UP, justifies the rape case in Bengal? What kind of blame game u r playing?? U all know who is responsible for Kolkata's incident, but still have no guts to speak against them coz of ur Biasness. Shame. I have spoke against BJP, I will speak against every political party in this country.

[@sumarianprince]

​@@pranavjoshi9833 Yogi arranges encounters for thugs, you guys don't like that do you.

[@BharatThatIsIndia]

Shekhar ji, about the protection of doctors - It was not done by some patients but was an internal job. I don't think the Police would have been able to protect this unless we have a situation where all these people have fear of punishment. By the way, in the name of Protecting, if you go to SSKM hospital in an emergency, doctors will be chilling and gossiping but will not attend to your patients. However, the doctors in the emergency department of Bangur Hospital are really great and it seems like they have a shortage of staff as all of them are always attending multiple patients. So two government hospitals, different experiences.

[@sadakagaja]

Shame on West Bengal govt West Bengal police West Bengal=Bangladesh

[@alokgupta4200]

CJI should take cognizance, establish a constitutional bench, and issue an order to prevent further similar cases.

[@Dharitri.P]

How much money Shekhar Gupta is been paid to diluting the very purpose of the strike? It’s not about the entire nation, it’s about getting justice for the victim. It’s about TMC’s corruption and supporting and promoting criminals.This kind of reporting is what confuses general public. Yes, the facilities has to be better But for god’s sakes punish criminals and stop rapping of women. Don’t justify why rape might have happened. Suffocating.

[@sahagamana1296]

Dear Mr. Gupta, I am an avid listener of CTC and I have a subscription to The Print as well. Thank you for all your work. If I may, I suggest you kindly add a trigger warning before such episodes. I literally had to put my earphones down and stop listening as you were listing out the injuries on her body to prevent me from starting to cry or be triggered. A Trigger warning that says that this video contains graphic depictions of gore/bodily injuries/rape will go a long way. Of course, one may argue that it is a video about rape, but one expects politics and not details of every injury in such a video. a warning helps. Thank you! - Prathik Murali

[@vimalkhaini]

desensitized yourself

[@ThePrintIndia]

You have made a very valid point, my friend. Thank you for the suggestion...we will be more mindful about this...best wishes, Shekhar

[@7hills812]

Trigger warning!! WTF is this world coming to man up!! It’s a horrible crime!! It’s already hard to listen to CTC - I used to listen it a lot - now barely!! SG’s moronic disclaimers, idiotic side stories, ideologically driven stories while side stepping real stuff!!

[@SantanuBanerjie0510]

Sir, Kolkata used to be a city of protest. For the past several years, KOLKATA has become a city of retirees. The youngsters are chasing IT/Engineering careers and they are leaving the city for places like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Noida, etc. in truckloads. It was quite refreshing to see people finally come out and stand up for justice. It’s about time! I hope Mamta feels the tremors under her feet.

[@vilomchakram]

Biggest problem is that the Indian Medical Association is busy to demolish Ramdev baba and his business entity Patanjali. They do not like to work for young doctor.

[@sarvangdave3646]

From what I'm seeing, they are quite active here. And hey, nothing wrong with calling out a fraud

[@meghnachoudhury1622]

They need to do both. Demolish Ramdev's patanjali AND stand for womens safety. I'm a female resident doctor and I am with IMA, and support their stand against Patanjali. Don't mix two mutually exclusive issues.

[@harshithanuthala8930]

​@@nononsense3097u r right

[@GauravLingwal-zp8do]

​@meghnachoudhury1622 what patanjali did ? U allopathic doctors Destroy many families watch Gabbar movie

[@santoshkumarsingh1196]

What I understood from the Kolkata Doctor Rape and murder incident is not a “Rape and murder” case …… it reflects a deep seated hatred on that particular doctor. The level of violence shows a personal hatred by the perpetrators .

[@sandip870]

She got to know the s€x scandal and illegal selling of limbs done by tmc leaders' sons,an intern...

[@sivag2032]

It is something else.She seems have privy info of illegal activities.

[@sandip870]

@@sivag2032 wtf are you talking about...she came to know s3x rackets going on in thst college so she warned them that's why this happened...get your brain checked

[@ereh987]

@@sivag2032 classic victim blaming

[@sivag2032]

​@@sandip870u get ur eyes checked

[@indratantiatantia-wp5ql]

Women's security and safety is the biggest road block and impediment in respect of women's empowerment across the country. Lack of affordable transportation during late hour's is also responsible for the same.

[@ysjrty8769]

We men should also ensure that the environment is safe for women 😢

[@Love-wz4vg]

dude when people of bengal are literall loves mamta

[@ochan4884]

Wild anger against doctors is counterproductive.

[@jitmick]

KP has lost it's credibility from the point in time when the CM staged a dharna to protect her superstar Commissioner...since then Kolkata HC is doing all the good work

[@AmitKumarVerma121_indian]

Nirbhaya 2 A wakeup call for all..Advocating about women and child safety and yet no rest room for women doctors thats the sad sad truth reality of how doctors are treated..One is not safe in its own workplace It can happen to any child, capital punishment should be given to the culprit. I hope our judiciary system is not misused/bend by higher authority.

[@subhrangsudutta8029]

Thanks for your article at this late hours. It is indeed a very restless night. God save Bengal(WB). Kerala story is a consolation one. 🙏

[@prakashraghunathan2685]

Thankyou shekar sir for the episode.But make sure for a clear audio.

[@AmgQa-h3c]

it's truly heart breaking. I think you perhaps should add some warning upfront on the content as content was very very mentally disturbing to hear (to me at least). tragedy is, system remains as is, be it police (or whoso ever was hired to police job- which truly sounds crazy), medical system or judiciary in delivering timely justice etc. and people move on and forget the case, which has a shelf life and nothing changes. I cant imagine how authorities dealt with the family and what family must have gone through in this whole process. Now, after so many days, we hear from the leader of opposition, while being silent on recent incidents in UP (even media too was light on UP incidents).

[@hiyaganguli]

Do you really have to take the name of The girl who sort of helped begin he protests?

[@harisundar8698]

Power to our women doctors 🙏 Let us not close our eyes. The govt should frame stricter rules and enforce it. Make cctv and basic facilities mandatory.

[@js11238]

Injuries to the face indicate this was a personal vendetta. The goon allocated beds and prioritised patients, which would have brought him in conflict with the doctor.

[@abhradeeprudra5920]

Renowned actress Mimi Chakraborty 😅😂. Laughable

[@babus25]

You are a INDI Alliance supporter. That's the reason you are soft towards TMC ruled (misruled) West Bengal Government.

[@prarthanapal24]

Article 356 in West Bengal

[@TheChandanj]

@ThePrint: with all due respect to Shekhar Gupta, he looks absolutely scared while talking about Govt apathy in this case. He forgot to mention that Mamta Banerjee is the home minister, she is the health minister and she is chief minister. It was her responsibility for security of Doctors on duty and while protesting. The collage principles reports to her. The collage informed the victim’s parents that the girl had committed suicide. The principal got transferred by the health Ministry. @ShekharGupta looks scared to report all this.

[@balumaliakel8201]

Resident doctors mainly the PG students are the backbone of any medical college of India. These doctors do 24 to 36 hours continuous duty in every medical college with out even safeplace for rest .Now our women doctors who are majority in our Indian medical colleges are in not in safe places.The Principals and Medical University Vice Chancellors who themselves are doctors have not taken any action to improve the working conditions of PG doctors.When I complained to a Vice Chancellor who himself is a doctor on this issue he just passed the complaint to the Principal and who in turn send it to PG students association and as they were afraid of the Professors said everything is fine ..Vice Chancellor just send me the findings everything fine at the medical college ..This happened in Kerala where students unions are very strong.

[@SmileHappyly]

Sir, every parent is agitated because of lack of justice. It’s pretty clear from the high court order to handover to central agency that enough not done to bring justice to victims family.

[@divyanshusingh7124]

I believe the current protests are misguided. The big issue we should be fighting for is a better condition at our medical institutions. Hospitals, colleges, emergency wards etc. Why are there so few recidency positions in the country? India has huge shortages of Doctors and medical institutions. The government should provide universal healthcare and it is not that difficult once you have an intent.

[@sidsid9808]

Your comment is "misguided"

[@divyanshusingh7124]

@@sidsid9808 how so????

[@mikoyan07]

West Bengal needs 356.. law and order is dysfunctional and courts are silent

[@rajatshubhrosengupta284]

The threat still looming large and will prevail is that the State Govt is more interested in protecting the suspects , the accused. Under the guidance and command of such a CM , the Kolkata Police has gone on overdrive to destroy evidence, to threaten & harass witness, cremated the body in a hurry, after an unprecedented event of the unfortunate victim's body being taken by the police to her parents. Usually , the body of a victim of violent death takes 8hrs or more ; otherwise 4 to 6 hours , to be HANDED OVER to he deceased's family , from the Morgue of the hospital. NEVER do the police deliver a dead body at home . Every step, every action, every response / comment of the govt and its police stink of a cover up , botching up the investigation. Even if the perpetrators are caught & finally executed, those behind the scene, those evil persons in the govt and in power will remain untouched. This type of crime will recur . The system is rotten to the core; the IAS, IPS Cadre here are as shameful as that of the CM .

[@monojoydas9815]

Small correction. At 3.54 mins Prosenjit Chatterjee is not an MP.

[@mallikadas]

We want justice ⚖️ #JusticeforAbhaya 🙏

[@lhakpabhuti1514]

Why the culprits are covered their face in India?

[@gurdeepkaur9780]

Ask politicians what are they doing to safeguard women doctors: the plight of doctor's parents all over India is very very sad, they sacrifice money, comfort & their piece of heart to predators lurking in dark corners.

[@avishekm1985]

I would have joined, had I been in India. I dont want my city to be in ruins like this. This is a shame for all of us. Its a black day for all of us.

[@gopaakrishnanmvenkataraman9129]

For ind alliance Is democracy dead in West Bengal Dictatorship ruling in West Bengal Had police become part of the crime' or complicit or helping criminal part of gang rape Is West Bengal put under. President rule

[@bhuvanamani6344]

It was never about who protested as much it is about WHO THE HELL is responsible? Civility should come in people and can not be policed and imposed. Increase the patroling in sensitive areas and private hospitals better beef up security. Every now and then strikes and protests happen and then in a few days die down.

[@papan525]

The biggest mistake SG did is, he tried to connect many things with political party.....he does not realise that sometimes issues are so big that everyone stands up......no political party is involved in kolkata protests.......it is people of bengal standing up to heinous crime.....SG trying to.make it highly political....from kolkata and in the protest march