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RG Kar rape and murder: After key accused Sanjay Roy refuses consent, court rejects CBI plea to conduct narco-analysis test

Last month, the R G Kar rape and murder accused underwent a polygraph test inside Presidency Central jail in the presence of two CBI officers.

Sanjoy Ry CBI RG Kar hospital junior doctor rapeThe accused Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer attached to the police outpost of the hospital, was arrested soon after and subsequently, the case was handed over to the CBI. (File)

The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) court in Sealdah on Thursday rejected CBI’s plea for the narco-analysis test of Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital last month.

The ACJM court’s decision came after Roy refused to give consent to the test to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape and murder of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital doctor. The Central agency appealed to the ACJM court, which is hearing the R G Kar rape and murder case, earlier in the day.

Roy, a civic volunteer attached to the Kolkata police, is so far the only person to be arrested and accused in the case. He was arrested on August 10.

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According to CBI sources, officials want to verify some facts in Roy’s statement and pursue more questions in connection with the rape and murder case. They said Roy’s narco analyses test is also key to determining whether it was a gang rape. Roy, a civic volunteer attached to the Kolkata police, is so far the only person to be arrested and named as an accused in the case.

The sources said through the narco analysis test, also known as the truth serum test, CBI wants to determine whether Roy was truthful in his statements to the agency, and to know whether he is deliberately hiding facts or misleading investigators.

On August 24, Sanjay Roy underwent a polygraph test inside Presidency Central Jail in the presence of two CBI officers. Later, CBI, which took over the probe following a Calcutta High Court order, interrogated Roy.

Ravik Bhattacharya is the Chief of Bureau of The Indian Express, Kolkata. Over 20 years of experience in the media industry and covered politics, crime, major incidents and issues, apart from investigative stories in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Andaman Nicobar islands. Ravik won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in 2007 for political reporting. Ravik holds a bachelor degree with English Hons from Scottish Church College under Calcutta University and a PG diploma in mass communication from Jadavpur University. Ravik started his career with The Asian Age and then moved to The Statesman, The Telegraph and Hindustan Times. ... Read More

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