Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe medic rape & murder case
Court raps state govt for 'insensitivity' towards protesting doctors
Kolkata, Aug 13 (UNI): Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to probe the rape and murder of a second-year PG medical student at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital premises.
The High Court immediately transferred the case investigation from the SIT to the central investigation agency.
A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya gave the direction while hearing multiple pleas, including the one by the victim’s parents seeking an investigation transfer to an independent agency. The court expressed concerns over the progress of the investigation under the state police, the bench observed.
The court also weighed heavily on the West Bengal government’s ” insensitivity” towards the protesting doctors for appointing the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital Sandip Ghosh in another government hospital. The High Court directed Ghosh to go on leave or else the court would pass an order.
A Division bench of Calcutta High Court headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam while hearing a batch of PILs, including that of bereaved parents of the murdered postgraduate female doctor seeking a court-monitored CBI probe, described the crime as “gruesome”, and asked the government what assurances it has given to the protesting doctors.
