The West Bengal government has requested opposition parties to avoid politicizing the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital. It also warned the opposition not to put pressure on the victim’s family for taking political advantage. The BJP, which has been leading the protests against the TMC government, hit back at chief minister Mamata Banerjee and accused her police of spreading fake news.

The ED also questioned Yadav about his contacts, his properties, luxury vehicles, and bank accounts, and seized his cellphone for review

The insurance companies have been also instructed to widely advertise the names and contact numbers of nodal officers to whom the policyholders can contact.