Archive · 24 Sep 2026
CBI Submits Sealed Report in R G Kar Conspiracy Probe
The CBI is investigating what happened after a doctor was raped and murdered at R G Kar hospital.
The incident happened on August 9, 2024.
The agency has now given a confidential report to the Calcutta High Court.
The report concerns a possible larger conspiracy connected to the crime.
The court will hear arguments about the report again on November 20.
The court had asked how investigators found possible involvement by certain people.
The doctor’s parents said that evidence may have been destroyed and that the incident was initially played down.
A former civic volunteer named Sanjay Roy has already been convicted for the rape and murder.
The Central Bureau of Investigation submitted a sealed report to the Calcutta High Court on its probe into an alleged conspiracy surrounding the R G Kar rape and murder case.
A division bench directed that arguments in the in-camera proceedings resume on November 20.
The court had asked the CBI to explain how investigators identified the alleged involvement of certain people.
A three-member CBI special investigation team was ordered to examine events from the doctor’s dinner on August 9, 2024, through her cremation.
Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer, was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life for the rape and murder.
- Who
- The Central Bureau of Investigation, the Calcutta High Court, the doctor’s parents, and accused persons identified in the probe; Sanjay Roy was convicted in the rape and murder.
- What
- The CBI submitted a sealed report on its investigation into an alleged conspiracy linked to the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor.
- When
- The crime occurred on August 9, 2024; the report was submitted on Thursday, with further arguments scheduled for November 20.
- Where
- R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata, West Bengal; the proceedings are before the Calcutta High Court.
- Why
- The court sought details on how the CBI traced the alleged involvement of certain people and examined claims that evidence was destroyed or the incident was downplayed.
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation
- Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Report status
- Submitted in a sealed cover
- Incident date
- August 9, 2024
- Next hearing
- November 20
- Special investigation team
- A three-member CBI team headed by its joint director, east
- Convicted person
- Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer