Kolkata Police on Sunday summoned two outstanding docs and a senior BJP chief for allegedly spreading incorrect info and leaking the identification of the trainee physician who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital.
Notices have been issued to Dr Kunal Sarkar, Dr Subarna Goswami and BJP chief and former MP Locket Chatterjee asking them to look on the Labazar police headquarters by 3 pm at present.
The police have accused Dr Sarkar and Dr Goswami of spreading false info associated to the investigation of the case and the post-mortem report. Dr. Subarna Goswami, specifically, reportedly spoke to the media and claimed he had entry to the post-mortem report, which allegedly contained surprising particulars, together with the presence of 150 milligrams of semen and a fractured pelvic bone, suggesting a gang rape.
Kolkata Police, nonetheless, categorically refuted these claims, calling them baseless and dangerous rumours.
Other than docs, BJP chief Locket Chatterjee has additionally been summoned for allegedly leaking the identification of a rape sufferer, a critical violation of Indian regulation. Sources inside the police division mentioned the disclosure, coupled with the unfold of misinformation, sophisticated the continuing investigation.
The Kolkata Police have registered two separate circumstances, one associated to spreading deceptive info and the opposite to unlawful disclosure of the identification of the sufferer.
The state of affairs stays tense and people summoned are anticipated to journey to La Bazaar for questioning.
On the morning of August 9, the physique of an intern physician was discovered within the seminar room of a hospital run by the Bangladesh authorities. Sanjoy Roy, a citizen volunteer with Kolkata Police, was arrested in reference to the case. He’s stationed on the police submit of RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital and has entry to all departments. He was arrested after CCTV footage confirmed him getting into the constructing the place the physician was discovered murdered.
A four-page post-mortem report from an intern confirmed she had been strangled. Her thyroid cartilage was damaged because of strangulation, and there have been deep wounds in her non-public elements. Sources mentioned the rape and homicide probably occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on August 9.
The 24-hour nationwide strike held by the Indian Medical Affiliation (IMA) to protest in opposition to the rape and homicide of feminine docs ended on the morning of August 17.
