Supreme Court refuses to transfer Kolkata rape-murder case trial outside West Bengal

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Factionalism surfaces among RG Kar junior docsTerming the incident as “horrific”, the apex court had censured the state government over the alleged delay in filing the FIR and allowing a crowd of thousands to vandalise the state-run facility.The death of the doctor, whose mortal remains indicated injury marks, had sparked nationwide protests and an initial probe had led to the arrest of a civic volunteer by the Kolkata police the next day of the crime.On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata police to the CBI, which began its investigation on August 14.



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