RG Kar case: Calcutta HC expresses dissatisfaction with CBI probe progress

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressed displeasure at the progress of CBI investigation in the alleged conspiracy in the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024. The court said that the probe it had directed to be conducted by the special investigation team (SIT), upon relieving the earlier investigating officer, should have been taken to its logical conclusion.

CBI submitted a status report before the court on the probe conducted by it as per its direction on May 21. "We are not satisfied with the report filed before us," the division bench of justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh said. It observed that the probe has been continuing since October 2024 and it expects that a "final shape to the investigation should be granted forthwith".