Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Police hands over evidence, accused to CBI

Kolkata: A Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) team, including forensic and medical experts, reached RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on Wednesday afternoon after taking over the case from Kolkata Police on Wednesday morning. The lone arrested accused, Sanjay Roy, was handed over to the CBI officials by the police.

This follows the Calcutta High Court order on Tuesday on instituting a CBI probe into the rape and murder of the medical student. It had directed the Kolkata Police to handover all related documents, CCTV footages and evidence to CBI by 10 am on Wednesday.

The team, comprising around two dozen CBI officials headed by an additional director, also includes a joint director rank officer. The team is expected to stay in Kolkata until the investigation is complete. A team of five CFSL experts, accompanied by a team of doctors from AIIMS, also visited the crime scene and collected evidence.


West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee said, "We will obey the Calcutta High Court order. We want justice for this gruesome murder. The culprit should be hanged. I received the information from the police and stayed awake the whole night. I went to meet the deceased's family on Monday. Police did everything -- from DNA test, sample collection, scanned the last one month's CCTV footage, and the main culprit was questioned and arrested in 12 hours. I had given time to Kolkata Police till Sunday. I told the Health Department to probe and find out the negligence in 48 hours. I have transferred all of them."

She said no one should play politics over the incident and attacked the BJP and CPI-M, who went to the Calcutta High Court demanding a CBI probe. "I am supporting the students' movement. But political parties are entering the scenario. Now the case is not in my hands but it is being monitored by the court," Banerjee said.

The central agency will examine the last call recording of the deceased student, the last witnesses who spoke to her and will also speak to the parents, sources said. The CCTV footage and all other evidence will be examined, sources said.

Arunava Dutta Chowdhury, HOD of Chest Department, said, "I want the highest punishment of to be given to the culprits. She was like my daughter. The seminar room is generally locked after 8.30 pm and the keys are kept with the nurses. We conduct classes in the seminar room."