The accused in the brutal rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata was arrested by the police on 10th August. Reportedly, the accused identified as Sanjoy Roy has confessed to the crime. He was an outsider who was frequent visitor at the premises of the hospital. He was sent to police remand for 14 days. Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal said, “This is a heinous crime, and the arrested person is allegedly involved based on circumstantial evidence, including accounts of the other doctors present during night-duty hours.”
Police found porn videos on the accused’s phone. He was identified as a civic volunteer, member of a group that was formed in West Bengal to support the police. It was also part of the Police Welfare Board. This was the reason he got easy access to the hospital premises. During the investigation, he was seen entering the hospital at around 4 AM.
According to reports, when the accused entered the hospital on the day of the incident, he was wearing earphones. However, while leaving the hospital, the earphones were missing and were seized by the police. The earphones helped the police to trace the culprit. The accused has been booked under Sections 64 and 103 of BNS.
Mamata government vows to seek the death penalty for the accused
Speaking on the matter, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee vowed she would seek the death penalty for the accused. TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had called for “capital punishment or encounter” of the accused of such crimes.
Man threatens doctor of the same fate as Kolkata Rape and Murder victim
On 10th August, a man in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal was arrested by the police for allegedly threatening a woman medic of a similar fate as the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College of Kolkata. The man was arrested after doctors and nurses of the state-run Bhatar State General Hospital staged a protest and demanded the arrest of the accused.
A district health official said in a statement that the patient, Susanta Roy, allegedly threatened the attending doctor that if the medic did not treat him properly, “he would ensure the same treatment as the woman doctor of R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata witnessed.”
The official added, “The doctor, as part of her duty and medical ethics, did not stop the treatment, and she discussed the matter with other staffers. Today, they came in a group to the CMOH office and demanded punishment of the man and security for the health personnel.”
Police officials in a statement to India Today said, “We have learnt the accused went to Bhatar state-run hospital for treatment and threatened the lady doctor for being late to start his treatment. The lady accused the civic volunteer of threatening her, saying, ‘Did you see what happened at RG Kar Medical College Hospital? It can happen to you too.”
Kolkata Rape and Murder Case
On 9th August, a woman doctor was found dead in a government college under mysterious circumstances. The incident is said to have happened on the third floor of the emergency building of RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Friday morning. The victim who was a second-year postgraduate student of RG Kar Medical College, was found dead inside the Seminar Hall on the 3rd floor of the campus.As per the police, the woman had gone to the third-floor seminar hall to have dinner.
A day after the incident, the preliminary post-mortem report confirmed that she was raped before the murder. The four-page autopsy report revealed that the woman had bleeding from her private parts. Additionally, she also had injury marks on other parts of her body. The Police stated that the autopsy report has also ruled out suicide. Subsequently, they have registered a case at the Tala Police Station. A police officer told PTI, “This is definitely not a case of suicide; the woman was murdered following sexual assault.”
