Kolkata doctor death: 'Accused failed to explain his presence at hospital'
Times of India | 11 August 2024
Protests at RG Kar on Saturday KOLKATA: Investigation revealed the doctor was asleep when civic volunteer Sanjay Roy attacked her in the seminar room. She and her two juniors had ordered food post-midnight and at least five doctors had dinner together in the seminar room while watching Neeraj Chopra win silver in the Olympics. Post-dinner, the others left while she decided to study and rest for a while.According to sources, she was spotted sleeping in the seminar room at least till 3 am.
Roy, sources said, first entered the RG Kar premises around 11 pm. He was already intoxicated. He left the hospital complex soon and reportedly drank some more. Around 4 am, he was seen entering the emergency building and exiting 40 minutes later. CCTV footage showed five others had accessed the area around the seminar hall on the third floor, but only Roy could not explain his presence. He later confessed to the crime and admitted throttling the doctor after she put up a struggle. Security guards at the hospital said Roy regularly visited the hospital while some alleged he acted as a tout, cutting deals with patients to get them services.
As protest engulfed the campus, members of several leftist student and youth organisations, students and junior doctors from other campuses reached RG Kar and scuffled with cops. As police tried to barricade 'outsiders,' protesting doctors and students inside said they did not want any political colour to the movement and anyone wishing to join their protest was welcome to do so as a common citizen.