Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Governor asks Mamata govt to take action against top cop

NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose has directed chief minister Mamata Banerjee to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss Kolkata's RG Kar rape-murder case, which has ignited a national outrage over women's safety.

The governor has also told the state government to address people's demand for replacing Kolkata's police commissioner over the matter, reported news agency PTI citing Raj Bhavan sources.

"According to the governor, the state should function within the Constitution and the rule of law. The ostrich-like attitude will not pay and the state must address the public demand to remove the Police Commissioner of Kolkata," the source told the agency.

Last month, BJP chief J P Nadda claimed that the Kolkata Police has admitted that Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder, was actually using a bike registered in the name of Kolkata police commissioner.

BJP IT department head Amit Malviya also attacked the Mamata government, saying the Kolkata police chief Vineet Goyal should step down as there can't be a free and fair probe.

"CBI should take them into custody, go over their phone records and subject them to polygraph test," Malviya said.

The body of an on-duty trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered, was found in the seminar room of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, triggering nationwide outrage.