RG Kar Case: Kolkata Police Suspends Abhijit Mondal Days After CBI Arrest

Abhijit Mondal, officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, has been suspended following his arrest by CBI for alleged involvement in evidence tampering and delaying an FIR in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case.

Kolkata News: Abhijit Mondal, the officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, has been suspended following his arrest by the CBI in connection with the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, Kolkata Police informed on Wednesday. This comes after CBI custody of Mondal, along with Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was extended by three days by the Sealdah court on Tuesday.

Mondal was suspended according to the service rules of the West Bengal government, officials told news agency PTI. The rules mandate that a government employee in custody for a period exceeding 48 hours under any law providing for preventive detention or as a result of a proceeding either on a criminal charge or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been suspended by an order of the appointing authority.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Mondal on 14th September for his alleged involvement in tampering with evidence and delaying the registration of the FIR related to the case. Ghosh was previously arrested on 2nd September over alleged financial irregularities at the hospital and now faces additional charges of evidence tampering.

Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh, Police Officer Abhijit Mondal Quizzed Together By CBI

Both Mondal and Ghosh were interrogated by CBI officials on Monday. According to an officer cited by news agency PTI, the two were questioned together, seated face-to-face, and asked to explain their activities on 9th August, the day the doctor's body was found in the seminar hall of the hospital. A CBI officer told PTI, “They were asked about their activities after hearing the news of the death of the doctor, why there was an unnecessary delay in registering the FIR, and why the post-mortem examination was conducted even when no formal FIR was lodged.”

"They were also asked about the various phone calls between them when police started investigating the crime," the official informed. 

The body of the post-graduate trainee doctor was found at RG Kar Hospital on 9th August, under the jurisdiction of the Tala police station in north Kolkata.