CBI slaps ex-principal Dr Sandip Ghosh with rape-murder charges, arrests policeman

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday (September 14) arrested Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, in connection with the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital.

The CBI had added rape and murder charge against Ghosh, PTI quoted an agency official as saying. Ghosh was already in judicial custody in a corruption case.

The CBI also arrested Abhijit Mondal, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station, in relation to the same case.

The trainee doctor was found dead in the morning. Her parents filed a complaint by 6:00 pm on August 9. However, it wasn't until around 11:45 pm, after the post mortem was completed, that the First Information Report (FIR) was registered. The investigating agency had also informed the Supreme Court earlier that the scene of the incident had been altered.

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The probe agency became more suspicious after the arrested accused, Sanjay Roy, initially consented to a Narco test but later refused. Subsequently, a Kolkata court rejected the application to conduct a Narco analysis test on Roy.

Ghosh, 54, is expected to appear before the Sealdah court on Sunday (September 15).

The case relates to the August 9 incident, in which a junior woman doctor was found raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College, sparking widespread protests across the country.

Ghosh is currently being held in solitary confinement at Presidency Central Jail after a special court placed him in judicial custody until September. The CBI informed the court that Ghosh was also involved in siphoning off funds and making 84 illegal appointments during 2022 and 2023.

With inputs from PTI