The Supreme Court on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata and will hear the case on August 20.According to LiveLaw, a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and including Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will hear the matter on Tuesday.The body of the post-graduate trainee doctor was discovered in a seminar room at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. A civic volunteer was arrested the next day for his alleged involvement in the crime.The junior doctors have been demanding that the culprits be punished as quickly as possible, and the post-mortem examination report of the victim be made public.The incident has sparked widespread protests across the country, with medical professionals and others demanding justice for the victim and calling for improved measures for women’s safety.The Calcutta High Court on August 13 ordered the transfer of the probe into the case from the Kolkata Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which started its investigation on August 14.On Saturday afternoon, a group of CBI officers went to the Kar Medical College and Hospital and carried out certain investigations there. There, they collected some samples and sent them to the Central Forensic Laboratory for testing, an officer said.CBI officers have also prepared a list of around 40 people, including doctors, police officers, whom they would be questioning as part of their ongoing investigation, the officer said.
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