Almost two weeks after KMC medical practitioner Dr Tapabrata Roy was arrested in the course of the Durga Puja carnival in Kolkata for allegedly sporting a T-shirt and a badge in solidarity with junior medical doctors’ protest over the RG Kar rape-murder, the Calcutta Excessive Court docket on Tuesday ordered an interim keep on the investigation and sought an affidavit from the administration explaining the circumstances of his arrest.
The Excessive Court docket, nevertheless, didn’t quash the FIR as sought by Roy.
Whereas listening to the petition, Justice Shampa Dutta Pal expressed concern over his arrest and ordered an interim keep within the felony proceedings until December 4 or till additional order, whichever is earlier.
Dr Tapabrata Roy, the medical emergency officer on the Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC), was on responsibility on Purple Street in Kolkata in the course of the state authorities’s Durga Puja carnival. He was arrested on October 15 and launched quickly after.
Roy was seen sporting a T-shirt with phrases like “backbone just isn’t on the market” and a badge with the phrases ‘pratiki anashankari’ (observer of starvation strike) — each referring to the medical doctors’ protests and starvation strike within the aftermath of the rape and homicide of a junior physician on the RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital in August.
“We have now full religion within the Excessive Court docket. I imagine that justice will prevail,” mentioned Adhish Basu, a member of Roy’s authorized group.
“We imagine that Kolkata Police motion not solely infringed upon my consumer’s (Roy’s) basic proper to private liberty and freedom of speech and expression, but in addition infringed upon his basic proper and responsibility to render medical support to any citizen in the course of the mentioned carnival,” Basu added.
In the meantime, Justice Paul directed that the matter be positioned earlier than the common bench after reopening of the courtroom following the Puja trip. She additionally directed the state to provide the case diary on the subsequent date of listening to.
Chatting with The Indian Specific earlier, Roy mentioned that he was saved for over three hours contained in the police station and was not informed the rationale for his arrest. “Earlier than I signed the bail bond, I saved asking what my fault was… Officers mentioned they didn’t know the rationale,” Roy had mentioned.
— With PTI Inputs
