Kolkata Doctor Rape Case: Video Shows Crowd At RG Kar Hospital Seminar Room Amit Malviya Reacts 'What Was The Agenda?'

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Amit Malviya, Head of the Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell and West Bengal in-charge Amit Malviya shared a video allegedly showing a crowd in the seminar room on the fourth floor of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital .

According to Malviya's post on X, the video was shot after the tragic rape and murger of the trainee doctor allegedly took place.

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In a post on X, Malviya claimed that the crime scene was completely destroyed with“so many doctors, policemen, hospital staff and OUTSIDERS in the Place of Occurrence (PO).”

Mint was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the video.

However, Kolkata police has clarified that the crime scene was promptly cordoned off, and access to the Place of Occurrence (PO) was restricted to only a few designated officials.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police Indira Mukherjee on Monday explained,“The crowd shown in the video was outside the cordoned-off area, in the remaining 11 feet of the seminar room. This included family members and some doctors from R.G. Kar, who were seated there, writing down their demands, which varied over time.”

Meanwhile, the National Task Force, constituted by the Supreme Court against the backdrop of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata will convene its first meeting on August 27.

As per the ANI, citing sources, the meeting is expected to be attended by all the members of the National Task Force on Tuesday. The NTF will make recommendations to ensure the safety and security of medical professionals at their workplace.

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According to an office memorandum issued by the Union Health Ministry, the 14-member NTF has been constituted with the composition of Ex-officio Members and experts of the medical profession, Cabinet Secretary, Government of India - Chairperson, Home Secretary, Government of India, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare - Member Secretary Government of India, Chairperson, National Medical Commission, President, National Board of Examinations, Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, AVSM, VSM, Director General Medical Services (Navy), Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, Dr M Srinivas, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), Delhi, Dr Pratima Murthy, Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Dr Goverdhan Dutt Puri, Executive Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur Dr Saumitra Rawat, Chairperson, Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, GI and HPB Onco-Surgery and Liver Transplantation and Member, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, Professor Anita Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, Pandit BD Sharma Medical University, Rohtak, Formerly Dean of Academics, Chief-Cardiothoracic Centre and Head Cardiology Department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Dr Pallavi Saple, Dean, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai and Dr Padma Srivastava, formerly Professor at the Department of Neurology.

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