BREAKING | PIL In Calcutta High Court Over Brutal Rape & Murder Of PG Medical Student On College Campus, Flags Faulty Probe By State Police

A public interest litigation has been moved before the Calcutta High Court over an incident of brutal rape and murder of a 2nd-year post-graduate medical student, who was found dead in RG Kar Medical College & Hospital's seminar hall, where she was resting after completing her night duty in the early hours of the morning.

The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.

According to local reports, the trainee doctor had completed her night shift and had gone to rest in the college's seminar hall before being discovered in a brutal condition in the early hours of 9th August.

After a preliminary investigation, the Kolkata Police had arrested a 'civic volunteer' who worked with the local police force. This arrest has been termed as a cover-up, with the counsel claiming that the state police's investigation had been faulty and they were trying to make a scapegoat out of the accused in an attempt to cover up the real facts.

Other pleas were also mentioned, with counsel urging the court to take up the matter suo moto, and for transferring the probe to a central agency. In asking the counsel to avoid multiplicity of litigation, the bench assured that they would hear all the contentions and listed the matter for hearing on 13th August.