Archive · 20 Aug 2026
CBI Requestions RG Kar Staff Amid Court-Ordered Reinvestigation
CBI officers are asking hospital workers more questions about the RG Kar case.
Nine people were questioned on Wednesday, including four nurses who worked overnight.
Two other workers who had moved to Cooch Behar also came for questioning.
The agency says it will speak to everyone who was working or present in the Emergency building that night.
Some people may be questioned more than once.
A trainee doctor’s body was found in the hospital’s seminar hall.
Sanjay Roy was convicted after being charged in the case.
The victim’s family believes more people were involved and says the investigation was incomplete.
Calcutta High Court has ordered the CBI to examine the case again in detail.
CBI officers questioned nine RG Kar Medical College and Hospital staff members on Wednesday.
The group included four nurses who were on night duty on August 8, 2024.
Two staff members later transferred to Cooch Behar were also summoned and questioned.
The agency plans to question officials, junior doctors, nurses and others present in phases.
Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to reinvestigate the case after the victim’s family challenged the investigation and verdict.
- Who
- The Central Bureau of Investigation questioned nine RG Kar Medical College and Hospital staff members, including four nurses; the case concerns a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee.
- What
- The CBI conducted another round of questioning and is carrying out a court-ordered reinvestigation into the rape and murder case.
- When
- The questioning took place on Wednesday; the relevant hospital night was August 8, 2024, with cremation occurring the following evening.
- Where
- Questioning took place at the principal’s office of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital; the trainee’s body was found in the Emergency building’s seminar hall.
- Why
- The CBI is examining the case after Calcutta High Court directed it to investigate every aspect, while the victim’s family alleges the original investigation was incomplete.
Investigation Findings
Family’s Concerns
Number of perpetrators
Investigation Findings
Kolkata Police and later the CBI focused on Sanjay Roy, who was chargesheeted and convicted.
Family’s Concerns
The victim’s family believes she was brutalised by more than one person and says the real culprits were not arrested.
Completeness of the investigation
Investigation Findings
The CBI is continuing to question hospital officials, junior doctors, nurses and others who were on duty or present in the Emergency building.
Family’s Concerns
The family says neither the police nor the CBI did enough to ensure justice and has challenged the lower-court verdict.
Further legal review
Investigation Findings
The CBI is conducting additional questioning and a reinvestigation following the High Court’s direction.
Family’s Concerns
The family has filed petitions in courts across the city seeking a fuller examination of the case.
- People questioned
- Nine people, including four nurses who were on night duty, were questioned.
- Additional witnesses
- Two staff members later transferred to Cooch Behar were summoned and appeared.
- Investigation agency
- The Central Bureau of Investigation is handling the reinvestigation.
- Case location
- The victim’s body was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s Emergency building.
- Convicted person
- Sanjay Roy was chargesheeted and later convicted in the case.
- Court direction
- Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to reinvestigate and report on every aspect of the case.
- Review period
- The court specifically asked the CBI to examine the period from the victim’s dinner through the cremation the following evening.