The parents of the victim of the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder will visit New Delhi on Thursday to seek an audience with President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the CBI director.
Speaking to The Indian Express, the victim’s mother said, “We will go to Delhi on Thursday and return the same day. We would like to visit the CBI office. We have not been informed of the progress in the case. They have done nothing with the CFSL or DNA reports.”
The father said, “We have sent an email to the CBI office seeking an appointment with the director, but have not received a reply as yet. As we are going to Delhi for some legal work, we would like to meet the CBI director. We had also sent mails to the President, Prime Minister, and the Home Minister. If we are given an opportunity, we would meet them demanding justice for our daughter.”
On Monday, during a hearing in the case in a Sealdah court, the victim’s parents alleged that they were kept in the dark by the central agency regarding the progress of the case. The victim’s mother even broke down during the hearing, saying, “My daughter was on duty. We want to know why this happened to her.”
The victim’s father had said, “The CBI has been conducting the investigation for the past seven months and the last time they visited us was on November 10 to supply us with a summons copy. The Kolkata Police investigated the matter for the first five days and visited us just once. With regards to the CBI probe, we do not know where the investigation stands.”
The CBI had on Monday submitted a status report in the Sealdah court on the progress of a probe into the alleged tampering of evidence in the rape and murder case, maintaining that the investigation was still on and a supplementary chargesheet would be filed soon.
Dr Sandip Ghosh, the then principal of RG Kar Medical College, and former Tala police station officer in-charge Abhijit Mondal are accused in the case. Both were granted bail by the court in the case in December 2024 after the CBI failed to submit a chargesheet within 90 days of filing the FIR. However, Ghosh remains in custody in the R G Kar financial irregularities case.
On January 20, a Kolkata court sentenced the rape-murder convict, Sanjay Roy, to life imprisonment.
The victim’s parents had visited RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat during his ten-day visit to West Bengal to express dissatisfaction with the investigation of the CBI and submit documents. They had also met West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to seek “justice” for their daughter.