Kolkata rape-murder: Doctor went to rest in seminar hall; initial autopsy reveals broken neck, bleeding parts  

The victim was a second-year student specializing in chest medicine. Kolkata Police apprehended a man named Sanjoy Roy in connection with the rape and murder of a medical trainee at a government hospital in the city. The postgraduate student was discovered deceased in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the capital of West Bengal. 

The preliminary autopsy of the postgraduate trainee doctor revealed that she was killed following a sexual assault. According to the report, there was evidence of bleeding from her genital area, along with injuries observed on other parts of her body. 

 The report detailed that the victim exhibited bleeding from her eyes and mouth, along with injuries to her face and nails. Additionally, she had bleeding from her genital area and wounds on her abdomen, left leg, neck, right hand, ring finger, and lips. The autopsy, conducted last week, confirmed that the incident occurred between 3 and 6 AM. Senior police official informed PTI that the victim had been strangled before being smothered. She was a second-year student specializing in chest medicine and was on duty that Thursday night. 

 A physician at the hospital mentioned that the victim had dinner with her junior colleagues around 2 AM. Afterward, she went to the seminar room to rest, as there was no designated on-call room available. “We discovered her body there in the morning,” the doctor reported to PTI. 

TMC demands new law 

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is pushing for a new legislative measure. Senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee has advocated for a bill in Parliament aimed at expediting the trial and sentencing of rapists and murderers within a week, ensuring they face severe consequences. “These rapists, who are unfit to live in society, should either be eliminated through encounters or hanged,” Banerjee stated emphatically. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed that her administration will pursue the death penalty for the perpetrator and has indicated that the government is open to investigations by any central agency.