Calcutta:As clamour grows for justice in the rape and murder case of a Kolkata doctor, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has demanded custodial questioning of police commissioner and former director of the Medical College and Hospital RG Kar, reflecting an internal conflict within the party.
It is worth noting that the Police Commissioner led the initial investigation of the case.
Amidst several alleged controversies and lapses that have arisen in connection with the case, including the attempt to frame the doctor’s murder as suicide and the demolition of a wall near the crime spot, have brought the case into the spotlight with the Mamata government facing massive criticism for the brutal murder and rape of the junior doctor.
He TMC The MP also sought an explanation as to why the wall near the crime spot was demolished on the pretext of renovation. He also questioned the motive behind propagating the death as suicide. He further questioned the delay in deploying sniffer dogs after three days of the incident.
After Ray’s post in X, Trinamool Congress Leader Kunal Ghosh also expressed his views opposing Ray’s demands. He termed Ray’s post as “unfortunate” and defended the police commissioner’s diligence in a tweet, saying that he did his best to investigate the case.
He tweeted: “I too demand justice in the RGKar case, but I strongly oppose this demand as far as CP is concerned. After getting information, he did his best. Personally, CP was doing his job and the investigation had a positive approach. This kind of post is unfortunate, and that too from my senior leader.”
Meanwhile, on Monday, Sukhendu Sekhar reportedly approached the Calcutta High Court seeking protection from arrest in connection with the rape and murder case of a Kolkata doctor. This comes a day after the Kolkata Police issued a notice summoning him for demanding custodial interrogation of Police Commissioner and former director of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The victim’s parents were informed that their daughter had committed suicide at the government hospital. The father of the victim in the Kolkata rape and murder case revealed that someone from the college administration called him and told him that his “daughter had committed suicide.”
On August 12, following the backlash and outrage over the lack of safety and security measures that led to the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run hospital, Sandip Ghosh, the principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, resigned from his post. Following a massive outcry from medical bodies across the country, the Calcutta High Court transferred the investigation from the Kolkata Police to the CBI on August 13.
What is the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case?
On August 9, the body of the 31-year-old doctor was discovered half-naked in the hospital’s seminar room.
Autopsy reports reveal that the victim was sexually assaulted and then murdered. Her neck was broken and she suffered severe injuries, with several parts of her body bleeding, including her intimate areas.
Sanjoy Roy, a civic worker, was arrested for the crime. Roy confessed to the crime but does not appear to show remorse, according to local media.
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