RG Kar tragedy: Not a case of gangrape, CBI informs Calcutta HC

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed Calcutta High Court that the woman junior doctor of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata was not gang-raped.

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The single-judge Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was hearing the case concerning the rape and murder of a woman doctor in August last year.

Earlier, on the first day of the fresh hearing at his Bench on 24 March, Justice Ghosh had directed the CBI to clarify whether the tragedy was a case of "rape" or "gangrape".

On Friday, the CBI in its clarification to the same Bench ruled out the possibility of "gang rape" in the matter.

Thereafter, the CBI also clarified that the current phase of investigation in the matter was in relation to the angle of evidence tampering and altering when the initial probe in the matter was being carried out by the Kolkata Police.