CBI Files First Chargesheet In RG Kar Case: Sanjay Roy Raped, Murdered Doctor

On Monday, the CBI filed a chargesheet against the accused Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the Kolkata police, of raping and murdering a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College Hospital on August 9. Junior doctors went to a long strike in West Bengal following the incident. The accused Sanjay Roy was arrested soon and subsequently, the case was handed over to the CBI.

The CBI filed the first chargesheet in the case after 58 days of the rape-murder – a 45-page document that was submitted to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Court in Sealdah. According to the media reports, Sanjay Roy has been charged with rape and murder. There is no mention of a gangrape (in the chargesheet). Sanjay Roy is the only accused who committed the crime. However, the investigation is still going on. He was in a drunk condition when the crime was committed. This is mentioned in the charge sheet.

According to the media reports, the chargesheet highlighted that investigations have revealed that Sanjay Roy is the only one accused of involvement in the rape and murder. The body of the murdered doctor was found inside the seminar room of R G Kar’s emergency building on August 9 where she had gone to rest during her night shift.

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CCTV footage showed Roy entering the seminar room around 4 am on August 9 and leaving after around 30 minutes, according to the chargesheet. The chargesheet also mentioned that there were 16 external and nine internal injuries on the body of the doctor.

It was also alleged in the chargesheet that Roy tried to mislead investigators during questioning. According to the media reports, the blood and tissue found from the victim’s nails also matched with Roy’s DNA. Roy was interrogated by CBI in custody and underwent a polygraph test inside Presidency central jail, where he is lodged. On September 14, CBI arrested Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R G Kar Medical College, and Abhijit Mondol, the then officer in-charge of Talal police station, in connection with alleged tampering of evidence.