On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court transferred the probe to the CBI, expressing displeasure over the handling of the case by the Kolkata Police, and observed that “there appears to be no significant progress in the investigation”.
The CBI team, comprising medical experts from Delhi AIIMS and forensic experts, on Wednesday visited the crime scene – the seminar hall of the hospital, where the body of the trainee doctor was found on August 9.
The team of 25 is being headed by an additional director-ranked officer with a joint director-rank officer investigating the case. It has also set up a camp office at RG Kar Hospital and will operate from there till the investigation is over.
“Today, we visited the crime scene… We are planning to summon hospital staff members and officials for questioning. We will question the arrested accused — what was his involvement and how he could enter the seminar hall and emergency ward as a civic volunteer,” a CBI officer told The Indian Express.
Kolkata Police had arrested Roy, a civic volunteer, a day after the body of the 31-year-old doctor was found.
Roy, sources in Kolkata Police had earlier said, allegedly misused his “police connections” as a civic volunteer to act as a hospital tout and “enjoyed easy access to all departments”.
On Wednesday, Roy, who is in his mid-30s, was initially taken by Kolkata Police to ESI Joka Hospital for a medical examination. However, after protests from a group of doctors there, he was moved to BR Singh Hospital.
Following his medical examination, the CBI took Roy in its custody.
PTI adds: Three groups of CBI officers have been formed to investigate the matter, a central agency official said. “One group will visit the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and talk to the witnesses and the doctors who were on duty on that night. Another team will take the arrested civic volunteer to a local court after medical tests and a plea for his custody, while another will coordinate with the Kolkata Police sleuths who were conducting the investigation,” he told PTI.
A source in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that the agency has filed an FIR under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in New Delhi in connection with the alleged rape and murder of the doctor.
“Today, our officers will seek the call details of the deceased woman and those on duty on that day. They may submit the FIR in a local court,” another central agency source said.
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