The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed the first chargesheet against the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, in the brutal rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. According to official sources there is no mention of 'gangrape' in the chargesheet against Sanjay Roy.
The CBI chargesheet filed before a special court in Kolkata, has made Sanjay Roy, who was working as a civic volunteer with the local police, as the prime accused. Reportedly, official sources have said that there is no mention of 'gangrape' in the chargesheet against Sanjay Roy.
Roy allegedly committed the crime on August 9 when the victim had gone to sleep in the seminar room of the hospital during a break, the chargsheet said.
According to official sources, the central probe agency has recorded statements of nearly 200 people.
Though the central agency did not mention the charge of gangrape in the first chargesheet, according to the official sources, the CBI has kept the probe on gangrape open.
The 31-year-old woman trainee doctor had been raped and murdered inside the West Bengal governemnt-run hospital's seminar room. She had gone to the room to rest amid her marathon shift at the hospital after midnight. Her body was found the next morning by a junior doctor.
The post-mortem report of the victim had suggested rape and murdere. Her autopsy revealed 25 internal and external injuries to her body.
Sanjay Roy was a civil volunteer of the Kolkata police and was a frequent visitor to the hospital. Roy was seen in CCTV footage entering the seminar room at 4.03 am on August 9.
Following the brutal murder of an on-duty doctor, scores of doctors across India took out protests. The Calcutta High Court tranfered the case to CBI. The Supreme Court took suo motu cogniosance of the case and is overseeing the probe being done by CBI and has also ordered constitution of a National Task Force to establish a protocols for creating safe work place for doctors in India. The Supreme Court had also directed deployement of CRPF at the hospital premises.
--with inputs from Varun Jain