The Crossbill News Desk
Tensions flared outside Calcutta Medical College on Friday (August 15) over the unnatural death of a nurse from a Singur nursing home, as student and youth activists affiliated with the CPI(M) gathered outside the morgue.
The confrontation between police and protesters escalated into a scuffle after activists alleged that the police were trying to take away the victim’s body. Officers reportedly resorted to a lathi-charge before eventually bringing the situation under control.
The nurse’s body had been brought to Calcutta Medical College from Walsh Hospital in Serampore for an autopsy. As soon as it arrived, members of the SFI and DYFI — the student and youth wings of the CPI(M) — staged a demonstration, alleging an attempt to “hijack” the remains. During the chaos, the deceased’s family members were seen sitting helplessly inside a car.
The political blame game soon intensified. BJP’s North Kolkata District President Tamoghna Ghosh said, “We want the autopsy to be done at AIIMS or Command Hospital. The CPI(M) is trying to stop it on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. They should do their politics in Delhi.”
In response, SFI State Secretary Debanjan Dey alleged, “The BJP is trying to buy the deceased’s family on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. The TMC doesn’t have the courage to come here, so they sent the BJP.”
The victim’s father said that while the autopsy could have been conducted in Serampore, he now prefers it be done at the Command Hospital, though he is also willing for it to proceed at Calcutta Medical College.
Later in the evening, Tamoghna Ghosh announced that the autopsy would not be conducted on Friday.
“Since the family wants it done at AIIMS or Command Hospital, we will proceed according to their wishes. We have taken responsibility for the family,” he said.
Similar tensions had erupted the previous day at Walsh Hospital in Serampore when the body was first brought there for post-mortem, with CPI(M) activists raising slogans of “We want justice."
The confrontation between police and protesters escalated into a scuffle after activists alleged that the police were trying to take away the victim’s body. Officers reportedly resorted to a lathi-charge before eventually bringing the situation under control.
The nurse’s body had been brought to Calcutta Medical College from Walsh Hospital in Serampore for an autopsy. As soon as it arrived, members of the SFI and DYFI — the student and youth wings of the CPI(M) — staged a demonstration, alleging an attempt to “hijack” the remains. During the chaos, the deceased’s family members were seen sitting helplessly inside a car.
The political blame game soon intensified. BJP’s North Kolkata District President Tamoghna Ghosh said, “We want the autopsy to be done at AIIMS or Command Hospital. The CPI(M) is trying to stop it on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. They should do their politics in Delhi.”
In response, SFI State Secretary Debanjan Dey alleged, “The BJP is trying to buy the deceased’s family on behalf of the Trinamool Congress. The TMC doesn’t have the courage to come here, so they sent the BJP.”
The victim’s father said that while the autopsy could have been conducted in Serampore, he now prefers it be done at the Command Hospital, though he is also willing for it to proceed at Calcutta Medical College.
Later in the evening, Tamoghna Ghosh announced that the autopsy would not be conducted on Friday.
“Since the family wants it done at AIIMS or Command Hospital, we will proceed according to their wishes. We have taken responsibility for the family,” he said.
Similar tensions had erupted the previous day at Walsh Hospital in Serampore when the body was first brought there for post-mortem, with CPI(M) activists raising slogans of “We want justice."
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