In a significant development in the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case, the Calcutta High Court has permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to re-interrogate the sole convict, Sanjay Roy. The decision was delivered by a division bench, which observed that the accused “may know more” about the crime and that further questioning could help uncover additional facts.
Former deputy superintendent of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) Dr Akhtar Ali surrendered himself before a CBI judge at the Alipore Court on Tuesday after a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against him for repeatedly skipping summons for appearance in a case of corruption at his previous workplace.
In a recent development, Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata and a key whistleblower in the financial irregularities case at the medical institute in the state, tendered his resignation on Monday.
The Calcutta High Court has stepped in to look more closely at what happened to the late victim’s mother from the RG Kar Hospital incident last year. She was allegedly injured during the Nabanna Abhijan rally on August 9, which marked the first death anniversary of her daughter, the young doctor who was raped and murdered last year.
Parents of the R G Kar Medical College rape and murder victim have gone to Delhi to demand justice for their daughter. She was a young doctor found dead in a seminar hall in August last year. The family believes more than one person was involved and wants a new charge sheet to include all suspects. They planned to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and the CBI Director to share their concerns.
Grief-stricken parents of the RG Kar medical college victim on Saturday said they were reaching out to different political parties to join the August 9 Nabanna Abhijan (march to West Bengal secretariat) demanding justice for the medic who was raped-murdered at her workplace exactly one year ago.
A highly emotional mission to symbolically name a hitherto unnamed Himalayan peak in honour of the RG Kar doctor who was raped and killed in Kolkata last year is about to begin with a multidisciplinary team of mountaineers, scientists, and medical professionals travelling to the remote Tso-Moriri region in Ladakh’s Leh district.
A special CBI court in Alipore has officially framed charges against Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, and four others in a major corruption case. The charges, framed on July 14, include criminal conspiracy, cheating, breach of trust, forgery, and corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court has scheduled the trial to begin on July 22, 2025.
The Calcutta High Court will hear an appeal made by the accused of the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sanjay Roy. The HC on Wednesday said they’ll hear the case on July 16.
The Calcutta High Court sought clarification from the West Bengal government over the controversial retaliatory transfers of Dr. Debasish Haldar, Dr. Aniket Mahato and Dr. Asfaqullah Naiya from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
