The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front holds a rally to mark two years since the rape-murder of a PG trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Sunday. (PTI)West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a fresh probe into the rape and murder of the doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the second anniversary of the incident on Sunday.Adhikari said the government took the decision on the request of the deceased’s mother, who is now a BJP MLA. “Ratna Debnath had written to me, requesting a fresh investigation. After extensive discussions with the chief secretary and a team of experts, I am announcing a fresh investigation under the Special Commission Act, 1952,” he said. Adhikari also alleged that the police had failed to perform their duty in relation to this case, and ordered a separate probe into the alleged lapses in the cremation of the victim, and directed immediate action against those responsible.Meanwhile, a two-minute silence was observed on Sunday at all government hospitals across West Bengal to mark the incident. The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which led extensive protests in 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged people at Chitpur in north Kolkata.Read | RG Kar case: Bengal Health Department announces separate probe 2 years on“We are holding the clinic seeking justice for the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered,” said one participating doctor.The Junior Doctors’ Front later held a memorial march from College Street to Esplanade for the victim, demanding that proper justice be served by way of arrest and trial of other people who may have been involved in the crime directly or indirectly. A day earlier, State Health Minister Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay had announced that his department will initiate a separate investigation into the rape and murder case.Mukhopadhyay said the health department will summon everyone present at the hospital on the night of the incident. In addition, the investigating officers will also speak with the victim’s teachers and professors. He said, “If, in the course of investigation, the department thinks former health minister (Mamata Banerjee) should be summoned, that decision also will be implemented.”The health minister stated the inquiry will also comprehensively examine what specific shortcomings or loopholes existed at the time in the hospital’s internal security and administrative framework, and how those deficiencies were subsequently rectified.Story continues below this adMeanwhile, Asfaqullah Naiya, a member of the Abhaya Mancha that spearheaded the protests in the wake of the incident, said, “The state government is observing silence; we are welcoming that. But if the investigation of the RG Kar rape and murder case is also silenced, then it will not be accepted. Till date, we don’t know exactly what happened on that night. We want proper justice.”(With PTI inputs)Atri Mitra is a highly accomplished Special Correspondent for The Indian Express, bringing over 20 years of experience to his reporting. 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