Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Calcutta HC directs CBI report on RG Kar rape-murder conspiracy
A doctor who worked at a hospital in Kolkata was harmed very badly and did not survive.
Special detectives called the CBI are trying to find out exactly what happened and who was involved.
A court called the Calcutta High Court is watching over the investigation to make sure it is done fairly.
Two judges told the CBI to write a progress report about its investigation into a possible conspiracy.
The report must be given to the court by August 28.
The CBI has already shared some information about the evidence it has collected.
The judges said the investigation must not be derailed or messed up.
A special three-member CBI team is looking into everything that happened from the night of August 9, 2024, until the doctor's cremation.
The doctor's parents say that some evidence was destroyed and that some people tried to make the incident seem less serious than it was.
The court wants the truth to come out so that justice can be done.
The Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to file a progress report on August 28 on its investigation into the alleged conspiracy in the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
The CBI submitted a report to the court detailing the materials collected during the investigation, as directed at the earlier hearing on June 25.
A division bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh verbally observed that the probe agency should ensure the investigation is not derailed.
On May 21, the court ordered a three-member CBI special investigation team, headed by its joint director (East), to probe events from the trainee doctor's dinner on the night of August 9, 2024, to her cremation.
The victim's parents moved the court alleging that evidence was destroyed and attempts were made to downplay the incident in its immediate aftermath.
- Who
- A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the parents of the victim doctor.
- What
- The court directed the CBI to file a progress report on August 28 on its investigation into the alleged conspiracy in the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor.
- When
- The hearing took place on a Thursday, with the next hearing and the CBI progress report due on August 28; the incident occurred on the night of August 9, 2024.
- Where
- Calcutta High Court; the crime occurred at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
- Why
- To ensure the investigation is not derailed and to address the parents' allegations that evidence was destroyed and the incident was downplayed in its immediate aftermath.
- Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Bench
- Justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Next hearing / progress report date
- August 28
- Victim
- Trainee doctor on duty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital
- Incident date
- Night of August 9, 2024
- Incident location
- RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
- Special investigation team
- Three-member CBI team headed by its joint director (East), ordered on May 21