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Several suspects in the August 9 rape and murder of the junior doctor at Kolkatas RG Kar Medical College and Hospital underwent marathon grilling by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday even as the Supreme Court took the case under its purview and asked the federal agency to file a status report by August 22.I)..
. While the interrogations continued, a CBI team went to the hospital in the evening, the officials said..
On August 13, the division bench of Calcutta high court chief justice TS Sivagnanam and justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya transferred the investigation from the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Police to CBI with immediate effect after hearing a petition filed by the victims parents who have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with the local administration..
The Central Bureau of Investigation shall submit a status report to this Court by 22 August 2024 on the progress in the investigation of the crime at RG Kar Medical College Hospital..
The State of West Bengal shall also file a status report by 22 August 2024 on the progress of the investigation on the acts of vandalism which took place at the Hospital in the aftermath of the incident, the Supreme Court division bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday in its order, a copy of which was seen by HT..
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