“We are a poor family and we brought him up with difficulty. He worked hard to become a doctor. All our dreams have been shattered overnight,” his 67-year-old father told TOI. Like all Bengali families, they also like to count down to Durga Puja in October, which takes on special meaning as their daughter has started organizing Pujas at home from 2021. this is a special occasion as he will complete his PG,” said his mother. “Right now, all we want is arrest and appropriate punishment for all those who are guilty. Only that can give solace to their souls.”
In the family, he is said to be a role model, due to his good academic grades and soft language. “He cracked JEE and medical,” said a relative. “He opted for MBBS and qualified for courses in two state medical colleges. Finally, he chose JNM Medical College Hospital in Kalyani. took a bus from his home in Sodepur. A studious boy, he scored 90% in Madhyamik (state board class X ) and 89% in higher secondary school. Her mother (62) said that since her only child was born, her life was all about herself. “She meant everything to us,” she said.
Sanjib Mukherjee, a neighbour, said that the neighborhood has enjoyed the academic landmark of the trainee doctor and his father has also been successful in his business, which makes him look forward to better times ahead. “The father rose from a tailor to become a dressmaker. The daughter became a devotee medical student” he said, adding that he recently bought a new car and restored his old house.
He used to call RG Kar hospital as his ‘second home’
Another neighbor spoke of his love for animals – he takes care of them and feeds them and rescues them. “He was also very fond of gardening. Whenever he came home on leave, some of us would ask him about medical problems and he was ready to help,” said Kakoli Ghosh, a neighbor.
Before the crime, the shift was 36 hours
Out of many MBBS students who saw the Covid pandemic while studying their profession, they chose respiratory medicine as their specialty. At RG Kar, the campus he calls his “second home”, he immerses himself in patient management. Long working hours and demanding academic schedules leave them with little time to sleep.
On August 9, after a shift and study cycle that stretched for 36 hours without a break, he had fallen asleep on the platform in the seminar room of the College when he was sexually assaulted by one or more individuals (still the subject of the investigation), and killed in an attack of brutality depraved. Interns and fellow postgraduate trainees who came to the seminar room in the morning met her body. His laptop, notebook, and cell phone were next to him.
One person, a civilian volunteer who is generally a tout at the hospital, Sanjay Roy, has been arrested but neither his friends nor his parents believe that he is the only person involved in the crime. “We want their torturers to be arrested and punished the way they were tortured,” his Kolkata-based relative told TOI.
The savagery of the attack and the relatability with his life began to trigger an uproar, not only in Kolkata and in the medical community but society in general, bringing women out in large numbers to protest against the recurrence of sexual violence & harassment, a scene like 2012 after the brutality. Nirbhaya gang rape in Delhi, which shook the conscience of the country.
‘Going to be a doctor’
Arnab Biswas, one of the teachers at Kalyani JNM, says that MBBS is not just a career choice, but a calling. “He is not only good academically but also very committed on the field. He often gets upset when someone gets sick,” he said. He has another trait which is the envy of the doctor and the relief of the patient. Beautiful handwriting. “Look, the names of the medicines are clearly written so that the patient can understand them easily. It is very sad and shocking that he is not here anymore,” said fellow trainee at RG Kar, showing the prescription written in Bengali by his slain colleague.
