RG Kar rape-murder case veredict on Saturday

Activists protest against rape and murder of Kolkata doctor. Pic/AFP

The much-awaited judgement in the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, which led to nationwide outrage and prolonged protests, will be delivered on Saturday. Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the city police, was charged with committing the crime on the postgraduate trainee at the state-run hospital in north Kolkata on August 9 last year. The judgement will be delivered on Saturday, 57 days after the trial commenced before the court of additional district and sessions judge, Sealdah court, Anirban Das.

The Kolkata Police which was investigating the case initially arrested Roy on August 10, 2024, a day after the medic's body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The Calcutta High Court later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the agency has sought the death penalty for the accused. The in-camera trial in the rape and murder of the doctor commenced on November 12 and 50 witnesses were examined. Hearing in the trial of Roy was concluded on January 9.

Probe half-done, say parents

The parents of the RG Kar victim alleged that the investigation is half-done as others involved in the crime are roaming free. The victim's mother stated that the administration had been shielding several others involved in the crime. "All the evidence were either lost or erased...Those seen at the crime scene must be punished," she said.