Following the Supreme Court order, Central Industrial Security Force personnel arrived on Thursday, August 22, 2024, to take over the security at Kolkata's R G Kar Hospital.
The action was initiated following the rape and murder of a junior doctor and vandalism by a mob.
The force is expected to secure the resident doctors' hostel and other facilities.
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