CBI has again registered a case in connection with the rape and murder of a lady doctor in Kolkata. CBI officers from Delhi will reach Kolkata on Wednesday. After this, we will visit the crime scene with the forensic team. Kolkata High Court has handed over the investigation of this case to CBI. The court has ordered that the Kolkata Police hand over the CCTV footage and documents of statements related to this case to the CBI by 10 am on Wednesday.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam said the CBI investigation would be conducted under its supervision. The court said that even after five days, no significant progress has been made in the investigation. Therefore the investigation is handed over to CBI. On this, the lawyer appearing for the state government said that one person has been arrested in this case. Statements of more than 25 people, including several doctors and house staff, have been recorded.
The lawyer claimed that the investigation is being conducted properly. The bench said that it is disappointing that the then Principal of the Medical College, Sandeep Ghosh, did not fulfill his responsibility properly. He has been asked to go on long leave. There has also been talk of giving this responsibility to another doctor in his place. Earlier, Kolkata Police had included a sharp officer to strengthen the SIT investigating the case.
DCP rank IPS officer Amit Verma was included in the 8-member SIT. Kolkata Police had deployed 15 policemen in one shift to assist the SIT. A senior police officer claimed that the SIT is working 24×7. The investigation work is going on in three shifts in a day. Along with this, the head and superintendent of the chest medicine department of the medical college were called for questioning.
Police sources claim that many people were on duty that night when the victim was raped and murdered. Four of these people had also eaten food with the victim. All these people were called for questioning. Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal visited the medical college several times. He assured that a transparent investigation is being conducted. He had told that after committing the crime, accused Sanjay Roy had gone back to his home.
He kept sleeping till late on Friday morning. After waking up, he washed the clothes worn during the crime to remove evidence. During the search, his shoes were found which had blood stains on them. Apart from him, no evidence has been found of anyone’s involvement in this incident. CCTV footage has also been examined. The forensic unit along with the SIT has collected samples from the seminar hall. The crime scene has also been recreated at the scene of the incident.