Cal HC transfers RG Kar rape & murder' case to CBI

The Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, transferred the case of alleged rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who would conduct a court-monitored probe.

- SOUMYADIP MULLICK

The court also directed the former principal of RG Kar and incumbent principal of Calcutta National Medical College, Sandip Ghosh to go on “extraordinary leave” besides appealing to doctors to consider calling off the agitation so innocent patients coming to government hospitals do not suffer.

The bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya was hearing about five petitions relating to the case, one of which was filed by the parents of the victim. This petition was treated as the leading case by the court.

After transferring the case to the CBI, the court directed the police to hand over the case diary to the CBI officer who was present in court. “CCTV footage, statements, if any and all material and matters concerning the case shall be handed over to the C.B.I. by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.”