Kolkata doctor rape & murder case: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goel will be removed from his post. She took this decision after a six-hour-long meeting with doctors protesting the rape and death of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata.

It is noteworthy that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night accepted the demands of the agitating junior doctors and announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, Director of Health Services and Director of Medical Education would be removed from their posts. After the meeting with the doctors, Banerjee said that the talks were 'successful' and about '99 percent of their (doctors') demands have been accepted.'

After a meeting held at her residence on the RG Kar Hospital issue, Chief Minister Banerjee told reporters that the name of the new Kolkata Police Commissioner will be announced after 4 pm on Tuesday. The Chief Minister also urged the doctors to return to work. She said, 'No punitive action will be taken against the doctors... I request them to return to work because common people are getting affected.'

Work will stop till demands are met, and protests will continue.

Agitating junior doctors in Kolkata's RG Kar hospital case said on Monday after meeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the strike and protest will continue till their demands are met. The agitating junior doctors said that the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal was our moral victory. "We will strike our work and continue our protest at Swasthya Bhavan (Health Department headquarters) till the promises made by the Chief Minister are fulfilled," said one of the agitating doctors. We are also waiting for the Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday in connection with the RG Kar rape-murder case.

The junior doctors said they would hold a meeting after the hearing on Tuesday and decide on whether to "stop work" and protest.

The doctors were addressing the media at 'Swasthya Bhavan' after returning from Banerjee's Kalighat residence. A meeting was held between the Chief Minister and a delegation of doctors at Banerjee's Kalighat residence.

'About 99 percent of their (doctors') demands have been accepted'

Earlier, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night accepted the demands of the agitating junior doctors and accepted that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, Director of Health Services and Director of Medical Education would be removed from their posts. After the meeting with the doctors, Banerjee said that the talks were 'successful' and about '99 percent of their (doctors') demands have been accepted.'