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According to officials, the agency has not mentioned the charge of gang rape in the charge sheet, indicating that Roy committed the crime alone.
Pramod Praveen , KolkataMon, 7 Oct 2024 10:24 AM share
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has today filed a charge sheet in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. According to the CBI charge sheet, the main accused in the case, Sanjay Roy, had raped the victim doctor and then murdered her. Officials gave this information on Monday. In a chargesheet filed in a special court in Kolkata, the CBI said Roy, who worked as a volunteer with the local police, allegedly carried out the incident on August 9 in the seminar hall of the hospital.
According to officials, the agency has not mentioned the charge of gang rape in the charge sheet, indicating that Roy committed the crime alone. Officials said the accused allegedly committed the crime when the doctor had gone to rest in the hospital’s seminar hall after having dinner at night. According to CBI sources, statements of around 200 people have been recorded in the charge sheet naming Roy as the prime accused. However, investigation is still underway to determine whether any other suspects were involved in the case.
The trainee doctor was found dead in the hospital on August 9. Subsequent investigation revealed that a brutal and horrific accident had happened to him. Amid protests across the country against this incident, the Kolkata High Court had handed over the investigation of the case to the CBI. Later the matter reached the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the fast unto death of junior doctors agitating to demand justice for women doctors and safety at the workplace in this matter continues for the third consecutive day on Monday. However, the state government has not yet said anything on their demands. Six junior doctors have been fasting unto death since Saturday evening and later another doctor joined them.
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Six members of the ‘Joint Platform of Doctors in West Bengal’ are considering joining the fast in solidarity with the junior doctors. Aniket Mahato, a junior doctor, said, “Our fast unto death continues. We have not received any message from the state government. We will continue this until all our demands are met. No external pressure can divert us from our path of protesting to demand justice for our deceased sister…not now or never.”
