RG Kar Rape and homicide case: The daddy of the sufferer within the RG Kar rape and homicide case has publicly condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, asserting that she “solely tampered with proof” within the investigation.
This assertion comes within the wake of a latest CBI court docket ruling that sentenced Sanjay Roy, the prime accused, to life imprisonment.
The RG Kar medical school rape and homicide sufferer’s father expressed his dissatisfaction with the dealing with of the case, claiming that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) didn’t current ample proof for a extra extreme punishment.
Throughout a press convention on 21 January 2025, the daddy said, “She (CM Mamata Banerjee) can say plenty of issues however she solely tampered with proof… the then Commissioner of Police (Vineet Goyal) and others had tampered with it. May she not see all that from the start?”
The controversy surrounding the RG Kar rape and homicide case intensified after CM Mamata Banerjee’s authorities sought to problem the life sentence handed down by the Sealdah court docket, pushing for capital punishment as an alternative.
The West Bengal authorities on Tuesday moved the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom to file an enchantment looking for dying penalty of the convict within the RG Kar hospital physician’s rape and homicide case and secured the court docket’s obligatory permission.
The sufferer’s father urged warning, suggesting that any additional actions by the Chief Minister needs to be fastidiously thought of somewhat than rushed.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has confronted important criticism from opposition events, notably from the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP), which alleges that proof was intentionally destroyed to protect people related together with her get together.
The Chief Minister defended her administration and Kolkata Police throughout an administrative assembly, denying any wrongdoing and asserting that there was no intent to tamper with proof.
The Sealdah court docket sentenced Roy to life imprisonment till dying after he was convicted of raping and murdering the on-duty physician on the state-run RG Kar Medical School and Hospital, rejecting calls for for the dying penalty saying it was not a “rarest of the uncommon” crime.
The court docket additionally ordered Sanjay Roy to pay a ₹50,000 advantageous and directed the state authorities to pay compensation of ₹17 lakh to the household of the deceased physician.
