The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the RG Kar incident, and appealed to the country's medical fraternity to return to duty.
The central force's recce follows after the Supreme Court questioned the city police's response when a mob stormed the hospital in the early hours of August...
The 10 member task force will submit its interim report within three weeks and the final report within two months.
The Court said it would shut down the hospital and shift the patients to other hospitals.