Kolkata rape case: Ex-head of India college held over ‘evidence tampering’
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Former principal of RG Kar Medical College Dr Sandip Ghosh charged with tempering of evidence by investigating agency.
India’s federal investigating agency has arrested the former principal of a medical college in the eastern city of Kolkata on charges of tampering with evidence linked to the rape and murder of a junior female doctor, a case that triggered weeks of nationwide protests.
Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the RG Kar Medical College, was arrested along with police officer Abhijit Mondal by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late on Saturday.
Ghosh, and others, allegedly delayed declaring the victim’s death as well as filing a first information report (FIR), a formal police complaint, which led to the destruction of vital evidence, according to additional charges filed by the CBI before a court, the Reuters news agency reported.
He was already in judicial custody after being arrested by the agency in a case related to corruption in the college on September 2.
The 31-year-old victim, whose body was found at the medical college in early August, set off a wave of protests across the country, and the demand for greater safety for women in the workplace as well as justice for the victim.
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