CALCUTTA HC SHIFTS PROBE IN DOCTOR'S RAPE-MURDER TO CBI

A division bench said the administration was not with the victim or her family.

- SUPROTIM MUKHERJEE

The Calcutta High Court has transferred the investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a 2nd year PG medical student at RG Kar College and Hospital, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

On Tuesday, the Chief Justice’s Division Bench heard multiple Public Interest Litigations related to the incident. During the hearing, the Chief Justice questioned the manner in which the College Principal Sandip Ghosh was given a fresh appointment within hours of resigning his position.

Later in the day, CBI took over the investigation. “The CBI has taken over the Kolkata rape and murder case and is sending a specialised medical and forensic team from Delhi to Kolkata,” news agencies quoted officials as saying .

The Division Bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya also heard a plea by the parents of the victim, seeking transfer of investigation to an independent agency.

Expressing concerns over the progress of the investigation under the State police, the bench held: “The parents of the victim have an apprehension that if the investigation is allowed to continue in this manner, it will derail.

Therefore, they pray for extraordinary relief. “One more disturbing as pect is that a case of unnatural death was registered. It is submitted that such cases are registered when there is no complaint.