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Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: Centre Asks For Regular Reports On Protests; OPD Services Hit Amid IMA Strike

As the outage over the Kolkata rape-murder case continues, the Ministry of Home Affairs has ord𒊎ered states to revert with ꧃updates on the protests.

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Centre Asks For Regular Reports On Protests; OPD Servi🐻ces Hit Amid IMA Strike | Photo: PTI
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As the outage over thౠe Kolkata rape-murder case continues, the Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered states to revert with updates on the protes🗹ts. As per the orders released by the MHA, states have been asked to send in updates every two hours.

As per news agency PTI, in a communication to the state police forces, the home ministry said that the law and order situation of all states should b🐻e monitored in view of the protests.

"Henceforth, a continuous two-hourly law and order situation report in thi🌊s regard may kindly be sent to the MHA control room (New Delhi) by Fax/ Email/ WhatsApp," read the fax sent by the Centre.

Kolkata Rape-Murder Case |Latest Updates

  • Following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical Colleges and Hospital, doctors across the nation have been protesting the alleged attempt to🐟 cover-up the incident and the lack of justice for the 31-year-old victim.

  • Since August 9, resident doctors and more have been on strike, demanding safer🐈 workplaces and medical programmes for female doctors. Due to these strikes, OPD services at hospitals across India have been impacted.

  • With the investigation now under the CBI, the parents of the 31-year-old trainee doctor have asked cops if their daughter was killed because she "learnt something she wasn't supposed to know". As per the paren🦋ts and colleagues of the trainee doctor, the accused Sanjay Roy,

    is likely a scap💞egoat and the real culprits are yet to be apprehended.

  • The doctor's colleagues believe that she was targeted and deliberately raped and then ꦜmurdered in order to "silence her".

  • The Indian Med💯ical Association demanded an intervention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged the central government to bring in a law to check violence against healthcare officials. The doctors' body also called for hospitals to be declared as safe zones.

  • Th☂e IMA has put down five demands for the Central government - including security entitlements, better accommodations and proper investigation of the crime committed on August 🤪9.