Kolkata Rape-Murder: Cops Tried To Hush Up Case, Offered Bribe, Allege Victim’s Parents

parents, who joined protesting doctors at the RG Kar hospital on Wednesday, claimed that the Kolkata Police hurriedly cremated their daughter's body in an attempt to suppress the case.

Kolkata Rape-Murder: The family of the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was brutally raped and killed at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month have alleged that the city police tried to hush up the case and a senior police officer even tried to offer them money in exchange for their silence.

The victim’s parents, who joined protesting doctors at the RG Kar hospital on Wednesday, claimed that the Kolkata Police hurriedly cremated their daughter’s body in an attempt to suppress the case. The aggrieved parents also accused a senior police officer of trying to bribe them after the incident came to light.

“The police, from the very beginning, tried to hush up the case. We were not allowed to see the body and had to wait at the police station while the body was taken for post-mortem examination. Later, when the body was handed over to us, a senior police official offered us money, which we immediately declined,” news agency PTI quoted the victim’s father as saying.

The slain doctor’s parents said they joined the protests on Wednesday night to support the junior doctors fighting for justice for their daughter.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder

Last month, on the morning of August 9,  a 31-year-old trainee doctor was found raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal capital Kolkata, triggering mass outrage and widespread protests across the country.

The medic’s body was found in a bloodied state in the hospital’s seminar room, leading to the arrest of the accused, Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, who was an outsider frequenting the hospital premises.

The ghastly nature of the crime sparked protests nationwide protests from medics across the country, which brought medical services to a grinding halt for days as hundreds of doctors went on strike under different banners demanding safety of medics through a central law.

On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI, which started its investigation on August 14.

Earlier this week, on Monday, the CBI arrested the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh, in connection with alleged financial misconduct at the establishment.

(With PTI inputs)