Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case: CBI Cautions About Fake Letter On Social Media

New Delhi: The CBI has cautioned the public about a fake letter circulating on social media, purportedly from its office, related to the investigation into the rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata.

The CBI has termed the letter and its content as fake, noting that it mentions the name of a CBI officer seeking the withdrawal of the investigation into the case. The agency has clarified that there is no such officer working at the CBI and has urged people not to fall prey to this letter.

The letter, which was widely circulated on social media, was signed by a certain “Dr Akash Nag”, ostensibly an Indian Police Service officer working in the CBI.

There is no officer in the CBI by the name “Dr Akash Nag” or the designation mentioned in the fake letter, the CBI said in a statement posted on X.

The fictitious officer in the letter addressed to the Ministry of Home Affairs said he wished to withdraw from investigating the case of the rape and murder of the junior doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital due to “undue political and social pressures”.

The CBI in the statement asked the public to ignore the letter and “any similar mischievous communication”.

“It is clarified that the said letter is a fake one. The investigation is being handled by the CBI headquarters in Delhi. Moreover, there is no officer in the CBI by the name and designation of Dr Akash Nag, DIG, Joint Director, Crime Branch, ACB Kolkata. The contents of the said letter are false and hence vehemently denied,” the CBI stated.

The CBI said it is conducting the investigation “observing all standard procedures and through professionalism.”

The fake letter is being circulated in the midst of a verbal duel between the Centre led by the BJP and leaders of Trinamool Congress, over claims that the local police failed to conduct a comprehensive initial probe into the gruesome case.