Bengal Government hospitals observe two-minute silence in memory of R.G. Kar rape-murder victim doctor

A two-minute silence was observed on Sunday (August 9, 2026) in all government hospitals across West Bengal in memory of the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the second anniversary of her death.

The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which led extensive protests following the discovery of the post-graduate trainee doctor’s body on August 9, 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged people at Chitpur in north Kolkata.

“We are holding the clinic seeking justice for the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered,” said one participating doctor.

A two-minute silence was observed by doctors, nurses and other officials at all government hospitals in memory of the doctor.

State’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee and senior officials observed a two-minute silence at Swasthya Bhavan, the department’s headquarters, in Salt Lake.

At R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital here in north Kolkata, paramilitary personnel guarding the facility joined the doctors, nurses, and other staff in observing the silence.

Following the gruesome rape and murder of the on-duty doctor, the Supreme Court had ordered a slew of measures to ensure safety and security of doctors and other staff, including deployment of paramilitary personnel at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

While one Sanjay Roy was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment till the end of his life by the Sealdah sessions court, the victim doctor’s parents and many of her colleagues have been claiming that other people were also involved in the crime.

The CBI is holding an investigation into the alleged conspiracy angle in the rape and murder of the post-graduate trainee doctor on an order of the Calcutta High Court.

The victim doctor’s mother was elected to the West Bengal Assembly as a BJP candidate from Panihati in North 24 Parganas district in the April elections.