Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Prime accused Sanjay Roy tells lawyer he wants to plead 'not guilty' in court
Times of India | 2 September 2024
A file photograph of Sanjay Roy KOLKATA: Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape-and-murder of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital doctor, in his first interaction with his lawyer in Presidency Jail, has told her that he wants to plead "not guilty" in court. Speaking with lawyer Kavita Sarkar, he also said he maintained his innocence in the polygraph test.
According to lawyers in touch with Roy, during the polygraph test, he was asked about 10 questions, including what his next act was after committing the murder.Roy interrupted at this point and claimed that he had not committed the murder and such a question does not arise. He said he had entered the room and found the woman lying unconscious. His lawyers claimed that he was asked different questions, including his academic background. There were a few questions related to the incident.
During this test - and in his interaction with Sarkar - Roy said he was being framed since he did not even know the woman. When he entered the room, he saw her covered in blood. He claimed that he rushed out of the spot as he panicked. When the CBI officers asked him why he did not inform the police outpost at RG Kar Hospital if he was not guilty, Roy said that he panicked and feared that none would believe his statements.
Roy, who has been kept in a high-security ward in Presidency jail, has kept mostly to himself, jail officials said. "There appears to be brooding, almost with a sense of fear, in the way he talks," an officer said, pointing out that he spoke at length with his lawyer under tight security.
CBI officers, who have so far spoken to a number of witnesses, believe that Roy had been trying to shift focus and mislead the investigators. But Roy's lawyers claimed that his statement can be corroborated with the CCTV footage to ascertain the truth. "If he had access to the seminar hall so easily, it shows that there was a security lapse on that night and someone else could also have taken advantage of that," said Sarkar, the lawyer appointed by Legal Aid Defence Counsel System for Roy.
Sarkar said, "The CBI has not shared anything related to the case with us. Roy is entitled to a free copy of the FIR. The agency has not even supplied that. Instead, we have been asked to procure a certified copy from the court."