RG Kar verdict | Case not over, will keep fighting for justice: Doc’s mother

The mother of the deceased doctor in the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case welcomed the trial court’s conviction of prime accused Sanjay Roy on Saturday (January 18) but said they are still awaiting the arrest and punishment of other culprits.

"That Sanjay is guilty was proved through biological evidence. And that he stood silent during the trials in the court also proved his hand in torturing and killing my daughter. But he was not alone, there are others who haven't been arrested yet. So, justice hasn't been delivered," the victim's mother told PTI soon after the court convicted Roy.

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'Continue the fight'

She said she and her husband would continue their fight for justice till the last day of their lives.

“The case is not complete. It will only be completed after the others who were involved in killing our daughter are punished. We will wait for that day... Till that day, we will not be able to sleep. That is the only thing we want now,” she said.

The Sealdah court pronounced accused Roy “guilty” of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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Protests again

Doctors from various hospitals in Kolkata also staged a protest rally on Saturday expressing dissatisfaction with only Roy’s conviction in the 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.

“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,” junior doctor Aniket Mahato said.

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Who no supplementary chargesheet?

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

“Where is the supplementary chargesheet? The CBI had said that they would file one quickly,” another agitating doctor Asfakullah Naiya asked.

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.

Twenty questions

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

Senior doctor Pabitra Goswami said they would continue to protest till all the culprits were booked.

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“We are not at all satisfied with this conviction. This is actually to help others who were equally involved in the crime. We will continue to hit the streets till justice is delivered and the bigger conspiracy is exposed,” Goswami said.

Trial

The court will declare his sentence on Monday, Anirban Das, the additional district and sessions judge, said.

The judgment was pronounced nearly two months after the in-camera trial commenced in November last year and 162 days after the heinous crime was committed on August 9, 2024.

Roy was found guilty under Sections 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that governs rape, and Sections 66 and 103 (1) of the Act, which deals with punishments for death and murder.

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Section 103 (1) of BNS entails a maximum punishment of death or life imprisonment.

(With agency inputs)