Delhi High Court Bar Association Condemns Rape and Murder of Kolkata Doctor, Calls for Stronger Security Measures

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has expressed strong condemnation of the “inhuman and heinous act of rape and murder” committed against a trainee doctor while on duty at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

During an emergency meeting convened to address the issue, the Executive Committee of the DHCBA unanimously resolved to appeal to the central and state governments to implement necessary measures to prevent such incidents from recurring. The resolution emphasized the need to restore public faith and improve security for women across the country.

“We strongly denounce the barbaric and brutal incident involving the rape and murder of an innocent and young postgraduate trainee doctor while she was on duty at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. We urge the investigating agencies to take stringent actions against the perpetrators as soon as possible,” the resolution, signed by the honorary secretary of the DHCBA, stated.

The committee further resolved to offer pro-bono assistance to the families of victims in similar cases, aiming to help them seek justice and ensure that the guilty are punished. Additionally, as a mark of protest and in homage to the victim and her family, the members of the DHCBA have decided to wear white ribbons on Wednesday.

The alleged rape and murder of the junior doctor within a seminar hall at the state-run hospital in Kolkata has triggered nationwide protests. The medic’s body, bearing severe injury marks, was discovered inside the seminar hall of the hospital’s chest department on August 9.

The following day, the Kolkata Police arrested a civic volunteer in connection with the case.

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