India, May 15 -- The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers for 'lapses' in investigation into RG Kar rape-murder case of 2024.

Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the Bengal government will start departmental probe against ex-Kolkata Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal, two other officers in the RG Kar case, which pertains to a trainee doctor who was found dead in August 24 in the seminar hall of the state-run medical facility.

Investigation later revealed that the medic was raped and murdered by a civic volunteer named Sanjay Roy.

The incident sparked widespread protests in the country, wherein doctors and healthcare professionals raised demands for justice as well as mea...