2 months on, what we know about RG Kar hospital rape-murder
Times of India | 10 October 2024
Timing of death
According to CCTV footage, it took less than 28 minutes for Sanjay Roy, prime accused in the rape and murder of the RG Kar doctor, to commit the crime. The CBI charge sheet mentions Roy’s movement on the third floor of the emergency building based on a CCTV camera installed near the male ward of the respiratory department. The footage showed him moving towards the ward with a helmet in his hand at 4.03 am on Aug 9.
He was out of the ward at 4.31 am and went back towards the ward again. In the next one minute, he was seen moving towards the camera with the helmet but his Bluetooth device was missing. The CAF and CDR of his mobile phone corroborated his presence in the hospital during the period. Roy claimed he entered the first floor of the trauma care building to meet a patient’s family. After that, he entered the fourth floor of the emergency building and came down to the third floor. When he entered the seminar room, he found the woman sleeping alone. He raped and murdered her before leaving the seminar hall.
What forensic med expert said
Forensic medicine expert of SSKM Biswanath Saren, who conducted tests on Roy hours after he was arrested on Aug 10, said there was nothing to suggest if Roy was incapable of performing sexual intercourse at the time of examination.
Missing glass of victim’s spectacles
During the searches at the scene of crime, cops seized black spectacles belonging to the victim which had one of the glasses missing. Earlier, CBI told the SC that the victim may have fallen asleep with her glasses on. In the charge sheet, the CBI said the glasses could have broken due to “application of force”. The PM report also found she was bleeding from the eyes. Junior doctors had earlier alleged that she might have been hit in the eyes.
Doc was found dead by colleagues
A colleague of the victim entered the seminar hall between 9.30 am and 9.35 am and found her lying on the mattress in dishevelled clothes. He informed other doctors, including her guide Sumit Roy Tapadar, associate professor with the chest medicine department. CBI, in its charge sheet, mentions that Roy Tapadar found her dead with her eyes half open and pupils dilated and fixed.
Interim MIMB report findings
The cause of her death was asphyxia or combined effect of manual strangulation and smothering. Injuries in her hymen were clearly indicative of forceful, penetrative sexual assault. Swabs taken from around her nipples showed the presence of Roy’s saliva. It also found five blunt injuries on Roy’s body, consistent with the marks of resistance or struggle by the victim.