A 23-year-old medical student, Sherley, tragically died by suicide after jumping from the fifth floor of her hostel at Meenakshi Medical College in Kancheepuram. Police investigations indicate that a breakup with a fellow student, whom she had been in a relationship with since their first year, led to her severe emotional distress.
The Supreme Court expressed serious concerns over the handling of a medical student’s rape and murder case in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, questioning the delay in registering the case as an unnatural death and the postmortem being conducted before the case was officially registered. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the CBI, also reprimanded senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, representing the West Bengal government, for laughing during the proceedings.
A dental student at PGIMS Rohtak has accused a resident doctor of kidnapping and assault, sparking outrage and raising concerns about safety within the institution. The accused doctor, Maninder Kaushik, has been expelled from PGIMS and arrested by police. This incident comes amidst nationwide protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, highlighting the urgent need for addressing safety and security issues in medical institutions.
Former Indian cricketer and Aam Aadmi Party MP Harbhajan Singh has joined the growing calls for justice in the brutal murder of a postgraduate medical student in Kolkata. Singh has urged people to unite and not politicize the case, and has written to the West Bengal Chief Minister and Governor demanding swift action and exemplary punishment for the perpetrators.
A post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in a Kolkata hospital seminar hall, with an autopsy revealing sexual assault. The police have arrested one suspect and are investigating the case, which has sparked outrage among medical professionals.
