NEW DELHI, Sept 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told a special court in Kolkata that there was currently no evidence to support claims that the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was gang-raped. The agency, however, added that it was not conclusive and the investigation was still in progress.
The central probe agency made this statement while requesting a three-day extension of custody for Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar hospital, and Abhijit Mondal, a former officer in charge of the Tala police station, in connection with the rape and murder case.
The CBI informed the court that, since Ghosh and Mondal were not cooperating with investigators, an extension of their custody was necessary. They also stated that they have evidence of tampering and are exploring all possibilities.
The CBI counsel noted that it has not yet discovered any direct evidence linking Ghosh and Mondal to the rape or murder of the postgraduate doctor, whose body was found in a seminar room at the hospital on August 9. However, the agency pointed out that the two men had communicated multiple times on the day the body was discovered.
From the call records of both Ghosh and the policeman, the CBI discovered that they had made several calls to specific numbers on that day, and investigators need to understand the nature of these calls. Ghosh and Mondal have been in CBI custody for three days, and the court has approved their detention till September 20. They were arrested on September 15 in connection with the case.
Ghosh was earlier arrested by CBI on September 2 for his alleged involvement in the financial irregularities at RG Kar hospital, alongside three accomplices. Kolkata Police civic volunteer Sanjay Roy was arrested by the state police in connection with the rape and murder case, which is now under CBI investigation following an order from the Calcutta High Court.
(Manas Dasgupta)
