RG Kar rape-murder: CBI gets custody of ex-principal, cop till Sep 17
OC Abhijit Mondal faces charges of evidence tampering, delaying FIR registration, related offences; CBI adds charges of evidence tampering against Sandip Ghosh
The CBI has got the custody of former principal of RG Kar medical college, Sandip Ghosh, and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal till September 17.
The central agency produced the duo before a local court in Kolkata on Sunday (September 15). They have been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the state-run hospital on August 9.
“We have got their custody for three days, till September 17. Now, both will be questioned together. The duo has played vital roles in the RG Kar case,” an officer told news agency PTI.
Charges against duo
The CBI on Saturday evening arrested Mondal under charges of tampering with evidence, delaying registration of the FIR, and other related offences, according to the officer. RG Kar Medical College and Hospital falls under the jurisdiction of Tala PS.
The agency has also added charges of evidence tampering against Ghosh, who is currently in judicial custody in a corruption case related to RG Kar hospital.
The police officer was held after he “failed to provide satisfying answers” during questioning by CBI officers on Saturday.
CBI suspects conspiracy
The CBI claimed in court that “there could be a bigger conspiracy” and that both Ghosh and Mondal played some “vital roles” in the crime.
The two were allegedly in touch with each other, and Ghosh allegedly issued instructions to the policeman on how to proceed with the rape-murder case.
Mondal was informed about the death of the doctor around 10 am on August 9, but the FIR was lodged around 11 pm, the CBI said.
CBI’s argument in court
Both of them tried to “downplay the incident” as well as “shield” the heinous crime, the agency said in court.
The police should have treated it as a suo-motu case at the outset, since it’s a rape-murder incident, the central probe agency argued.
The CBI arrested Ghosh on September 2 in connection with financial irregularities at the hospital.
The body of the postgraduate trainee was found in the seminar hall of the state-run hospital on August 9. To date, three persons have been arrested in connection with the rape-murder case.
(With agency inputs)
