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Murder Most Foul: On the R.G. Kar case
Making India safe for all must be a priority for state authorities
The conviction of a former civic police volunteer on Saturday (January 18, 2025) in the rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata has brought some closure to her parents, but the struggle to make systemic changes to make the workplace safe for women continues. The District and Sessions Court, Sealdah, found Sanjay Roy guilty of the horrific crime at the State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024, while on duty. Pronouncing the verdict in the presence of the parents and the accused, Judge Anirban Das said the accused was found guilty based on evidence put forward by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The accused is being held guilty under Sections 64 (rape), 66 (causing death), and 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Reading out the verdict, the judge said the crime carries the highest punishment of a death sentence and the lowest of life imprisonment; the terms of the sentence will be announced on January 20, 2025. In his observations, the judge also put the spotlight on the functioning of the hospital administration, saying that the actions of the college’s principal and other senior members had “created some confusion” (confusion: lack of clarity or understanding). In widespread protests after the crime, doctors, the parents, and civil society had alleged that it could not have been the handiwork (handiwork: work done by someone, usually implying skill or craft) of only one individual.
Sandip Ghosh, principal of the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital at the time of the murder, was arrested by the CBI on charges of evidence tampering (tampering: interfering with something to alter or damage it) and the delay in filing the first information report (FIR), but was released on bail as the charge sheet had not been filed in 90 days, as is the rule. Inefficiencies (inefficiencies: failures or shortcomings in the ability to perform tasks effectively) in policing have also come to the fore (come to the fore: become more noticeable or visible); there was an inordinate (inordinate: excessive or disproportionate) delay in filing the FIR, for example, and other lapses (lapses: failures or mistakes). The parents of the doctor said they respect the judgment and sought the highest punishment for the accused but expressed hope that the investigation would not be halted so that all the culprits (culprits: people responsible for a crime) are nabbed (nabbed: caught or arrested), a sentiment echoed (echoed: repeated or reflected by protesting doctors, activists — and also the Opposition. There are cases pending (pending: awaiting a decision or outcome) in the High Court and the Supreme Court of India, which began hearing it suo motu (suo motu: on its own motion; an action taken by a court without a request from any party) after the uproar (uproar: a loud and impassioned noise or protest) over the rape. It should not need a rape and murder to wake up to appalling (appalling: shocking or horrifying) working conditions, such as the lack of basic amenities and a safe room to rest. Kolkata’s State-run hospitals are stretched thin (stretched thin: operating beyond capacity, often leading to exhaustion or inefficiency) and reports of corruption are rife (rife: widespread or common). The State government announced a slew (slew: a large number or variety) of measures for the protection of health workers, and the onus (onus: responsibility or duty) is on the administration to follow through with the promises.
Hindu Vocab Wordlist 20th January 2025
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- Confusion: the inability to think clearly or understand something
- Handiwork: work that is made by hand or something that is done by someone as a result of their actions.
- Tampering: the act of changing something in a harmful way or interfering with something to make it work incorrectly.
- Inefficiencies: the fact of not being organized or effective enough in doing something.
- Come to the fore: to become important or noticeable.
- Inordinate: much more than is usual or reasonable.
- Lapses: periods of time when someone is not paying attention or does something wrong, or a mistake that happens.
- Culprits: a person who has done something wrong or committed a crime.
- Nabbed: to catch or arrest someone.
- Suo motu: a Latin term used in law, meaning to act on one’s own initiative, without a request from others.
Hindu Vocab Master 20th January 2025 with Synonyms & Antonyms
Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 20th January 2025:
Word | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Confusion | disorientation, bewilderment, uncertainty, chaos | clarity, understanding, certainty, focus |
Handiwork | craftsmanship, creation, workmanship, labor | negligence, carelessness, incompetence, destruction |
Tampering | meddling, altering, falsifying, interfering | preserving, safeguarding, maintaining, protecting |
Inefficiencies | shortcomings, failures, defects, inadequacies | efficiencies, improvements, effectiveness, proficiency |
Come to the fore | emerge, surface, appear, manifest | retreat, withdraw, recede, diminish |
Inordinate | excessive, immoderate, disproportionate, extreme | moderate, reasonable, balanced, limited |
Lapses | errors, mistakes, omissions, failures | accuracy, correctness, precision, attention |
Culprits | wrongdoers, offenders, criminals, perpetrators | victims, innocents, bystanders, saviors |
Nabbed | caught, arrested, apprehended, captured | freed, released, liberated, discharged |
Suo motu | voluntarily, of one’s own accord, independently, automatically | passively, reactively, involuntarily, externally |
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