In chargesheet, CBI traces the movement of accused hours before crime
The accused, Roy and another civic volunteer allegedly made several rounds of the hospital on August 8 to help a cop’s family members who were admitted there. They eventually drank and went to the Chetla red light area, the CBI has claimed.
Significantly, several of the allegations made in the chargesheet have already been made by the Kolkata Police, which was investigating the case before the CBI took over the case in August. (Special arrangement)
The RG Kar Hospital rape and murder accused Sanjay Roy went drinking, visited red light areas and made several rounds of the hospital, the CBI has said in its chargesheet, it is learnt.
According to the chargesheet filed before a court on Monday, the CBI, sources said, identified Roy from a CCTV footage from the trauma centre and pulmonary medicine department on the day the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital.
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Significantly, several of the allegations made in the chargesheet have already been made by the Kolkata Police, which was investigating the case before the CBI took over the case in August.
The CBI is learnt to have claimed that the CCTV footage showed him entering the building with his earphones on in the early hours of August 9 and is purportedly seen leaving the building at 3.30 am without it. Significantly, authorities claim that the victim was strangled to death and a pair of the earphones were found at the crime scene.
Roy and another civic volunteer allegedly made several rounds of the hospital on August 8 to help a cop’s family members who were admitted there. They eventually drank and went to the Chetla red light area, the CBI has claimed, adding that the other civic volunteer went inside with a sex worker, but Roy did not. Both allegedly returned to RG Kar at around 3.20 am.
Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal.
Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur.
He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More
