Everything is broken. We know it, but refuse to see it. Maybe now we will. But the horrific rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor on duty at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta should not have been the event to open our eyes to this.
The 31-year-old doctor, on the job for 36 hours, was looking for a place to recoup. She found one at her place of work. A seminar hall. There, she was raped and murdered. At night. Initially, the authorities, including the hospital, sought to pass it off as suicide. The police deemed it fit to launch a murder investigation only after the parents complained. One person was arrested, but the parents have maintained that more people are involved. And the injuries on the body seem to corroborate their fears. Turns out, the accused, now arrested, enjoyed unfettered access at RG Kar, his place of work as a custodian of the law, even if inebriated as he was that night.
It is because of such tell-tale circumstances that protesting students and the Opposition have expressed fears of a cover up...
Story: Shantanu Datta
Video Producer: Shohini Bose
Video Editor: Abhishek Sharma