The 32-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and killed at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was brutally tortured before she was suffocated to death, according to the postmortem report. The four-page report stated that she had been strangled and that “perverted sexuality” and “genital torture” had resulted in a serious wound in her private parts.
Her thyroid cartilage was also shattered. A source stated that the rape and murder occurred on 9th August most likely between 3 and 5 am. Her lips, fingers, left leg, and abdomen were all covered with injuries.
According to sources, her head was slammed against a wall or the floor resulting in severe injuries and her mouth and nose were squeezed shut to stop the victim from shouting. The accused had reportedly beaten her up as she attempted to defend herself and resist. He then raped and killed her. According to the autopsy, the girl’s hands and face had cuts on them. Shards of glass from her spectacles broke and got into her eyes following an intense blow. The initial postmortem report ruled out suicide and stated that the trainee doctor had been sexually assaulted before being murdered.
Sanjay Roy, the accused who was a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, was intoxicated at the time of the incident. His fingernails are believed to have left scratch scars on the woman’s face, suggesting that she made a valiant attempt to defend herself. His hands and face also had cut marks, implying that she tried to fend off the assault to save herself. She had pressure marks on her face from the perpetrator covering her lips while he pounded her head against the wall.
“The mouth and throat were constantly pressed to prevent screaming. The throat was strangled to suffocate. The thyroid cartilage broke due to this strangulation,” the report read. It highlighted, “Homicidal injuries are antemortem in nature with an indication of sexual penetration,” which meant that the doctor’s wounds were sustained while she was still alive, and the injuries on her intimate areas suggested that she had been sexually assaulted.
The woman was bleeding from her mouth, eyes and private areas, per the report. The doctor had dinner with four of her coworkers at 2:30 am that night after seeing Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw during the Paris Olympics. Afterwards, she went to the seminar hall to relax. Four of the seven junior doctors whose statements the police have recorded had dinner with her that evening. The Assistant Superintendant who initially informed the family about the occurrence has also been called by the authorities along with the chief of the Chest Department.
At 11 pm she told her mother that she had placed an online order for food. She proceeded to the lecture hall after dinner, where she slept on the blue carpet under a red cover and was attacked while she was napping. Sanjay Roy had access to every department as he worked at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital police outpost. He was not affiliated with the institution but often went there. CCTV evidence showing him entering the premises where the doctor was discovered murdered led to his arrest on 10th August. He returned home after committing the horrifying act and slept in late. He also cleaned the outfit he wore to remove any evidence. The police recovered his bloodstained shoes during a search.
