Next Phase For Justice To Begin, Says Victim’s Father On RG Kar Verdict As Doctors Vow To Continue Protest

Kolkata: Doctors from various hospitals in Kolkata staged a protest rally in the city on Saturday expressing dissatisfaction with the conviction of prime accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case and demanded that the CBI bring to justice all those allegedly involved in the crime.

Junior and senior doctors from city-based state-run hospitals, including RG Kar hospital, who took out a rally from outside the Sealdah court, said their protest would continue until the truth behind the crime was fully revealed, PTI reported.

“While Sanjay has been convicted, what about the other culprits? How could he have committed this crime alone? The CBI’s probe was based on circumstantial evidence, but where is the place of occurrence? We still have unanswered questions,” said a junior doctor.

The agitating doctors also questioned why the central probe agency did not file any supplementary chargesheet.

The doctors raised 20 key questions about the case, which they claimed remain ‘unanswered,’ and pointed out that the crime scene had been tampered with.

“There is clear evidence of this. Also, what explains the presence of multiple semen samples on the victim’s body? We will not rest until those responsible for tampering with evidence are punished,” they said.

The doctors distributed leaflets, listing the 20 questions, to the public and urged them to support the protests.

As the special court convicted Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in August last year, the victim’s parents said that the second phase to achieve further justice has just begun.

“I do not have enough words to thank the judge of the special court. Sanjay Roy has been convicted. The first step towards justice is completed. After the judge of the court will pronounce the statement on Monday, the next step towards justice will start,” victim’s father told media persons soon after the conviction was pronounced, IANS reported.

He also explained why he thinks that the next step towards justice has begun.

“We still do not believe that Sanjay Roy is the only culprit in this entire crime and larger conspiracy. That is why we have pleaded for the continuation of the investigation process in the matter. I want Sanjay Roy to be hanged,” the father said.

Sources said the Central Bureau of Investigation had already informed the special court that the scope for filing a supplementary charge sheet on the tampering of evidence angle is still open, which keeps the case in this particular angle pending.

Last year, the former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar Sandip Ghosh and the former SHO of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal were granted default bail by the same special court, as the CBI failed to file the supplementary charge sheet against the duo within 90 days of their arrest. Both Ghosh and Mondal were accused of misleading the investigation and tampering with the evidence while the initial investigation in the matter was being carried out by Kolkata Police before the CBI took charge of the investigation following an order of the Calcutta High Court.