Regarding the bike used by Sanjoy Roy, the main accused in the rape and murder case at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, it was registered under the name of the Kolkata Commissioner of Police. On Tuesday, the Kolkata Police issued a clarification, explaining that “all government vehicles belonging to Kolkata Police are officially registered under the Commissioner of Police.”
Taking to social media platform X, the Kolkata Police said, “The bike used by Sanjoy Roy–principal accused in the RG Kar Hospital alleged sexual assault and murder case, which was seized by Kolkata Police before being handed over to the CBI–was registered in the name of the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata. Some individuals on social media are attempting to create confusion around this. To clarify, all government vehicles belonging to Kolkata Police are officially registered under the Commissioner of Police before being assigned to various units.”
Sanjay Roy, the principal accused in the case, was a civic volunteer at the medical college and hospital, which is why he was assigned the vehicle. Earlier, a team of experts from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Delhi arrived in Kolkata on August 24 to conduct a polygraph test on Sanjay Roy, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, and others connected to the case, according to ANI sources. The test on the main accused was conducted in jail, while others were summoned to the CBI office in Kolkata, sources reported.
Earlier that day, Kolkata police stated that, following a court order, all documents concerning the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar were handed over to the CBI by the SIT. Meanwhile, chaos erupted in the streets of Kolkata during the Nabanna Abhijan Rally, which was held to protest the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. Security personnel responded by firing tear gas shells, using water cannons, and resorting to lathi charges to disperse protesters on Howrah Bridge as they marched towards the West Bengal State Secretariat, Nabanna. Protesters were seen breaking and dragging away barricades that had been set up in the Santragachi area, en route to the Secretariat.
Criticising the Nabanna Abhijan protest march, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra labeled the protestors as goons who compelled the police to respond. On Monday, Additional Commissioner of Police Kolkata, Supratim Sarkar, stated that they had denied an application by ‘Paschimbanga Chhatro Samaj’ to organise the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally on August 27. He explained that the police rejected the application because the group failed to seek formal permission and did not provide enough details.
All of this followed the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor on the premises of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, an incident that triggered nationwide outrage. Since then, numerous protests have been held demanding justice for the victim, who was found dead in the seminar hall on August 9.
