Rape and murder case in Kolkata: CPM leader among two arrested in attack on protesting doctors

Two persons, including a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), were arrested in connection with an alleged attack on junior doctors who were protesting against the Rape and murder of a doctor in training in a Calcutta hospital.

Sanjeev Das was the first to be arrested after initial investigations, followed by Kalatan Dasgupta, a leader of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM).

The Trinamool Congress has released an audio clip on Friday, where two persons allegedly planned to attack protesting junior doctors during their sit-in. The ruling party also alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to defame the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal.

The junior doctors are staging a sit-in outside Swasthya Bhavan, the headquarters of the state health department, demanding the dismissal of senior officials of the department over alleged corruption in the medical education sector and strict action in the Kolkata rape and murder case.

Bidhdhanagar police said they had registered a case of conspiracy and launched an investigation.

In a press conference on Saturday, Bidhannagar Deputy Commissioner of Police Aneesh Sarkar said the persons in the audio clip have been identified as Kalatan and Sanjeev.

“We had received information from our sources that professional criminals were planning to attack doctors protesting outside Swasthya Bhawan. We even came across an audio clip of a conversation between two persons exposing this conspiracy… We have fact-checked this audio clip and it is found to be authentic,” Sarkar was quoted as saying by the news agency. ANI As I said.

“Sanjeev Das was arrested on Friday and confessed that it was his voice in the clip,” he said, adding that Kalatan was arrested on Saturday.

He further said that the police will take their voice samples for investigation. They will be produced before the court and the police will seek their detention for 14 days, Sarkar said.

He added that other names, including Saheb, Dadu and Bappa, were also mentioned in the audio clip and further investigations were underway to identify them.

“We have increased the number of surveillance cameras at the protest site and also strengthened security forces,” he added.