R. G. Kar rape case: Police, hospital tried to destroy evidence; CM can’t disown responsibility, says victim’s parents
The Hindu
Parents accuse West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee of trying to cover up rape-murder evidence, TMC calls allegations "unfortunate."
The parents of the R. G. Kar hospital victim have said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot disown the responsibility for the alleged attempt of the police and hospital authorities to destroy evidence of rape and murder of their daughter.
They attempted to shield the “main conspirators” behind the crime, while the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed.
The ruling Trinamool Congress has termed the allegations “unfortunate”.
"Everyone - Kolkata Police, the hospital administration and people's representatives from the TMC - played an active role to hush up the ghastly incident so that truth does not come to light,” the deceased medic’s mother told a Bengali TV channel on Friday (January 24, 2025).
The body of the 31-year-old post-graduate trainee was found in the seminar hall of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 last year. The trial court on January 20 sentenced Sanjay Roy, the lone convict, to life imprisonment till death in the rape-murder case.
“The CM cannot disown the failure of the Kolkata Police, hospital and the administration,” the mother of the deceased said.
The Chief Minister also holds the police and health portfolios.
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