In major observation, the CBI on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the crime scene where a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, was tampered with. On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, which has led to nationwide strikes and protests by the medical fraternity. The alleged rape and murder of the junior doctor in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital has sparked nationwide protests.
The medic's body with severe injury marks was found inside the seminar hall of the hospital's chest department on August 9. A civic volunteer was arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the case the following day. On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI, which started its investigation on August 14.
The CBI also mentioned that the first FIR was lodged only after the cremation of the victim - at 11:45 PM. The CBI also said, "We entered the scene on 5th day and CBI probe to start is a challenge and the crime scene is altered."
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who is appearing for the CBI said, "First FIR was registered after cremation at 11:45 pm. Then they told their parents that it was suicide, then death and then friends of the doctor at the hospital insisted on videography and thus they also suspected something was amiss."
Justice Pardiwala said, "When you took the dead body for PM then was it a case of unnatural death or not.. if it was not unnatural death then what was the need of PM.. when you start doing PM then it is a case of unnatural death.. UD case of 861 of 2024 as registered on 23:30 hours and FIR was registered at 23:45. is this record correct?"
Kapil Sibal who is representing the West Bengal government said, "UD was registered at 1:45 pm."
Expressing dissatisfaction about the West Bengal government's conduct in the entire incident, J Pardiwala said, "The entire procedure followed by your State is something which I have not come across in the 30 years of my....the first thing, is it true that the UD was recorded at 10:30 hours? second, who is this asst. Superintendent Non-Medical, her conduct is also very doubtful, why did she act in this manner?"
SC also directed Kolkata Police officer, who registered the first entry about rape-murder incident, to appear on the next hearing to disclose the time.
