Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: As the CBI continues its investigation into the brutal rape and murder case of a junior doctor in Kolkata, doctors on duty told the central probe agency that they informed Sandip Ghosh about the condition in which the victim’s body was found on the hospital premises.
Questioned by the CBI, some of the doctors on duty said that they informed Sandip Ghosh that the body was found half-naked.
However, Sandip Ghosh said he was only informed about the death of the junior doctor.
The CBI today received permission from the court to conduct polygraph tests on Sandip Ghosh and four other doctors as the investigation in this shocking case progresses.
Earlier today, the CBI filed its preliminary status report in the Supreme Court and mentioned that the crime scene had been tampered with by the time they took over the case.
Supreme Court criticises Mamata government
A Supreme Court has slammed the Kolkata police for the delay in registering the unnatural death of the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Hospital, calling it “extremely disturbing” and questioned the sequence of events and timing of procedural formalities.
The top court made an impassioned appeal to the protesting doctors across the country and asked them to return to work, stating that “justice and medicine” cannot be stopped and further, it was giving all necessary instructions to ensure their safety. Moreover, it did not order any coercive action against them.
The strong rebuke to the Kolkata police by the top court, with a three-judge bench highlighting its “lapses” in its investigation, came even as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, said there was an attempt to cover up the case by the local police as the crime scene was “tampered” at the time the federal agency took over the probe.
The bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, which was hearing an ex officio case related to the crime, asked political parties not to politicise the case and said the law will take its course after Mehta pointed out an objectionable statement by a West Bengal minister.
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