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Calcutta High Court Transfers R G Kar Case To CBI
The Calcutta High Court moved an investigation from state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI.
The investigation concerns claims that the doctor’s cremation was rushed and that evidence may have been destroyed.
The doctor was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024.
Her death led to large protests in West Bengal and elsewhere.
The CBI already has a team investigating possible wider planning or conspiracy connected with the case.
The court said two agencies should not investigate the same matter separately.
It ordered Khardah police to stop investigating and hand over all records.
A former civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, has already been convicted in the rape-murder case.
The Calcutta High Court transferred the Khardah police case on alleged hurried cremation and evidence destruction to the CBI.
The court said the CBI and state police should not investigate the same issue separately.
The CBI’s three-member Special Investigation Team is already examining alleged wider conspiracy in the doctor’s rape-murder case.
The Khardah police investigation began after a complaint by the victim’s father and a separate FIR.
Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer, has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life.
- Who
- The Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer to the CBI’s Special Investigation Team; the case originated with Khardah police and a complaint by the victim’s father.
- What
- A case involving alleged hurried cremation, criminal conspiracy, and destruction of evidence was transferred from state police to the CBI.
- Where
- The underlying incident occurred at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata; the separate FIR was filed at Khardah police station in North 24 Parganas.
- When
- The transfer was ordered on Thursday; the report is dated October 1, while the year is not specified.
- Why
- The court said the CBI and state agency could not continue investigating the same issue separately, and it was dissatisfied with the state police’s explanation for beginning a parallel investigation.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation Special Investigation Team
- Transferred case
- Alleged hurried cremation, criminal conspiracy, and destruction of evidence
- FIR location
- Khardah police station, North 24 Parganas district
- FIR complainant
- The victim doctor’s father
- CBI team
- A three-member team headed by the CBI’s joint director, east
- Original incident
- The doctor was raped and murdered on the night of August 9, 2024
- Convicted person
- Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer, was sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life
Quotes
Calcutta High Court division bench
The division bench comprising Justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh.
“We are of the opinion that, on the selfsame issue, both the CBI and the state agency cannot carry forward the investigation.”
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“We are not satisfied with the explanation offered, and we caution them to be more careful in future.”
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Sources
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