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Suvendu Orders Fresh Probe Into Slain RG Kar Doctor's Cremation
Two years ago, a woman doctor at a big hospital in Kolkata was hurt very badly and sadly died in a terrible crime.
After her body was examined, she was cremated very quickly at a place called Panihati.
Some people think that fast cremation was a big mistake, because important papers were not signed and the body was cremated even though others had to go first.
A very special team of investigators called the CBI has been looking into the whole sad story.
Now, the leader of the state, Suvendu Adhikari, has told the police to start a new case against three people.
He says these three people helped make the very fast cremation happen.
One of them used to be a local politician, and the other two were his helpers.
Doctors and nurses across the state remembered the doctor by staying quiet for two whole minutes at their hospitals.
Her parents were at a special event to remember her, and her mother said she wants her daughter to be remembered as a good doctor.
Everyone hopes the truth will come out so that justice can be done.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari ordered Barrackpore City Police to register a fresh case into the hurried cremation of the doctor raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital two years ago.
The case targets three Trinamul Congress leaders: former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh and his aides Somnath De (also named Somnath Das) and Sanjib Mukherjee.
Adhikari said the victim's body was listed at serial number three but cremated at serial number one, and the cremation documents carried no family signatures.
Nirmal Ghosh was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in June this year during a fresh probe into the circumstances of the crime.
The victim's parents attended the Panihati memorial event, with her mother asking that she be remembered as a doctor, not as a victim.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who ordered the fresh case; the accused named are former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh and his aides Somnath De (also spelled Somnath Das) and Sanjib Mukherjee.
- What
- A fresh police investigation into the hurried cremation, with alleged lapses, of an on-duty doctor and second-year postgraduate student who was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
- Where
- Panihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, where the victim's body was cremated immediately after the post-mortem.
- When
- Sunday, on the second death anniversary of the doctor; the crime occurred two years ago.
- Why
- Adhikari alleges the trio rushed the cremation — the body was cremated out of its serial order and documents lacked required family signatures — raising fears the lapses could hamper the CBI investigation.
Government's case for a fresh probe
Criticism of the investigation so far
Jurisdiction over cremation lapses
Government's case for a fresh probe
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari says the Panihati cremation lapses fall outside the court-monitored CBI probe, so the state will investigate them under the Special Commission Act and has ordered a fresh police case.
Criticism of the investigation so far
The rape-murder and hospital financial irregularities are under the CBI's court-monitored investigation, leaving little scope for separate state action; the previous government had withheld its consent for CBI action against officials for one and a half years.
Whether justice has been served
Government's case for a fresh probe
The new government says it has moved swiftly — suspending three IPS officers including former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal, cancelling medical council registrations and granting CBI concurrence — and will take a firm stand against crimes against women.
Criticism of the investigation so far
The victim's family had complained that the police and CBI were not doing enough, that the investigation was incomplete and that the 'real culprits' had not been arrested; they rejected compensation offers from former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the court because they want only justice.
Key facts
- Victim
- On-duty doctor and second-year postgraduate student at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital
- Crime
- Rape and murder, two years ago
- Accused trio
- Nirmal Ghosh (former TMC MLA, Panihati), Somnath De (also named Somnath Das), Sanjib Mukherjee
- Police directed
- Barrackpore City Police
- Cremation discrepancy
- Body listed at serial number three, cremated at serial number one; no family signatures on cremation documents
- CBI action
- Questioned Nirmal Ghosh in June this year
- Commemoration
- Two-minute silence at all state-run hospitals, mandated for the first time
- Government actions
- Suspension of three IPS officers including Vineet Goyal; medical council registrations of Sandip Ghosh, Birupaksha Biswas and Abhik De cancelled
Quotes
Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal chief minister
“"Three people– Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath De and Sanjib Mukherjee– carried out the dangerous incident. Barrackpore police commissioner is present here. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not into it. Please start a new case and take appropriate action."”
deccanchronicle.com
““The brutal rape and murder of the deceased doctor and the financial irregularities at the hospital are under the purview of the court‑monitored CBI investigation.””
telegraphindia.com
Mother of Abhaya
Mother of the slain RG Kar medical college student
““I am thankful to this government for taking steps that will get my daughter justice. We want our daughter to be remembered, not as Abhaya, but as a doctor.””
telegraphindia.com








