The CBI has apprehended four individuals over alleged financial corruption at R G Kar Medical College, suggesting they are involved in a broader conspiracy. The agency expressed concerns about potential evidence destruction if they were released on bail.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on October 1 a case it has initiated on its own following the rape and murder of a resident doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata amid the ongoing protests by doctors in West Bengal.

The doctors have been protesting since August 9 when the body of a woman medic was found at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for the deceased doctor as well as removing key officials from their posts alleging their involvement in the case.

Activists from BJP's women wing protested at several police stations in West Bengal, criticizing alleged investigative lapses in a doctor's rape-murder case. They symbolically 'purified' the stations using holy water and cow dung.

As per CBI, Dr Birupaksha Biswas was seen at the hospital on August 9 – the day of the crime – despite no official engagement there.

Biswas was recently transferred from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital to Kakdwip Hospital in South 24 Parganas district by the West Bengal government. He appeared before CBI officers at their CGO Complex office in Salt Lake area,

The CBI has approached the court for permission to conduct narco analysis on former principal Sandip Ghosh and a polygraph test on ex-Tala PS OC Abhij

Ghosh, TMC’s Panihati MLA, arrived at CBI’s CGO Complex office in Salt Lake around 10:30 am. “We had summoned him for questioning,” a CBI officer said. The TMC leader is believed to have played “an important role in arranging the hasty final rites of the deceased doctor,