Rashtrapati Bhavan seeks action on threat allegations in RG Kar Death case

Kolkata: The parents of the deceased PG trainee at RG Kar Hospital, who have been seeking protection amid alleged threats, have prompted Rashtrapati Bhavan to direct West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to look into the matter.

The father of the doctor wrote three emails to Murmu on August 10, 11, and 12, alleging that they were facing “extreme torture and existential threat”, news agency PTI reported.

“We have lost everything. This is our third mail to your office – PLEASE REPLY,” he said.

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Forwarding the mail to the chief secretary on August 14, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “Attached please find for appropriate attention an e-mail petition addressed to the President of India which is self-explanatory. Action taken on the petition may please be communicated to the petitioner directly”, reports PTI.

The mail, sent by Under Secretary at the President’s Secretariat Gautam Kumar, also said, “Petitioner is requested to liaise with the addressee (to whom the petition has been forwarded) directly for further information in the matter.” The father told PTI that he was now hopeful about appropriate action in the case.

“Hopefully, things may start rolling,” he said.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal by the West Bengal government seeking to transfer the hearing on the transfer of three doctors who led the RG Kar rape-murder case protests. The court also barred the government from taking any coercive action against them until the matter is heard, the sources said. Single bench judge Justice Biswajit Basu, after hearing the argument and counterargument, said Mahato's case is to be heard in his chamber and not at any state civil service tribunal.

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