Kolkata doctor’s rape, murder: Court criticises police, hospital for trying to show death as suicide

A Kolkata court on Monday criticised the authorities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the police for attempting to cover up the murder of a junior doctor as a suicide, Live Law reported.

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court handed a life sentence to Sanjay Roy, a former civic police volunteer, who was convicted for the rape and murder of the 31-year-old medic at the state-run hospital in August.

In its 172-page judgement convicting Roy, the court criticised the police for lapses in investigation and the hospital authorities for attempting to cover up the incident.

“There is no doubt to consider that from the end of any authority, efforts were made to show the death as a suicidal one so that the hospital authority would not face any consequences,” the court said.

“From the case record it appears that the said ‘illegal dream’ of the authority was not fulfilled as the junior doctors raised protest and submitted one memorandum to the principal and at that time, police force started their action but it caused sufficient delay and probably it was the reason for which the parents of the victim were not allowed to see their daughter,” the judgement added.

The court also questioned why the first information report was filed after 11.30 pm…

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