Kolkata Police commissioner axed by Mamata Banerjee. Why junior doctors demanded Vineet Goyal's removal

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Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder case: Mamata Banerjee announced agreed to transfer Kolkata Police CP Vineet Goyal after meeting juniors doctors on Monday night.. Kolkata RG Kar rape-murder case: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced her decision to remove Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police commissioner (CP) and transfer a section of top officials at the police as well as the state health departments from their respective positions.s)..

Mamata Banerjee accepted the bulk of the five-point charter of demand placed by the junior doctors, demanding justice for the RG Kar Medical and Hospital trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9, and announced the removal of the director of medical education (DME) and the director of health services (DHS) besides the deputy commissioner (north division) who allegedly offered bribe to the parents of the RG Kar victim..

We will announce the name of the new police commissioner after 4pm on Tuesday after the scheduled hearing in Supreme Court gets over, the West Bengal chief minister said at the stroke of midnight after concluding her meeting with the agitating junior doctors at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata barely hours ahead of the scheduled Supreme Court hearing on the RG Kar hospital matter...

He has also served as joint commissioner of police for the Special Task Force and Traffic, as well as additional commissioner of police. . Vineet Goyal has been awarded the police medal for gallantry twice, along with the police medal for meritorious service and the chief ministers medal for outstanding service...

The removal of Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal has been a major demand from protesting doctors following the alleged rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College..