Kolkata doctor rape-murder: CISF takes charge of security of RG Kar Hospital

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the central armed force under the ministry of home affairs, which is tasked with providing security to large institutions both public and private, including nuclear installations, airports, seaports, power plants, important government buildings, heritage monuments, took charge of the security of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

The CISF team reached the hospital a day after the Supreme Court ordered the deployment of CISF there to enable doctors to resume work. The court had observed that several doctors left the campus after the violence and vandalism that took place on August 15.

The team conducted a recce of the hospital premises and spoke to the local police and hospital authorities about the security arrangements.

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Senior CISF officer K Pratap Singh, who was at the hospital in the morning, said he is doing his job mandated by the higher authorities.

Ordering the deployment of CISF at the hospital, the apex court, on Tuesday, said, "In the aftermath of the brutal incident and the demonstrations which followed, the state government was expected to ensure the deployment of the state machinery to prevent a breach of law and order...We are unable to comprehend how the state was not prepared to deal with the incident of vandalisation of the premises of the hospital."

The court was told that of the nearly 700 resident doctors working at the hospital, merely 60-70 have stayed after the August 15 incident.

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Meanwhile, protests demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at the hospital have continued in Kolkata and other cities in the country.