Former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal apologises for naming RG Kar doc
Telegraph | 19 July 2025
Former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal submitted an “unconditional apology” before the high court on Thursday for inadvertently naming the slain RG Kar doctor.
A PIL had been filed against Goyal, now additional director-general of Bengal Police’s Special Task Force, for allegedly identifying the doctor at a media briefing.
The 31-year-old postgraduate trainee was found raped and murdered at the hospital on August 9 last year.
The matter came up before a division bench of Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Ajay Kumar Gupta.
Goyal tendered an unconditional apology through a letter submitted to the bench. Advocate-general Kishore Datta handed the letter to the court.
Considering the apology, the court dismissed the case.
Justice Mantha said a training programme must be held involving state and city police personnel to raise awareness about protecting the identity of a woman or her family in such cases.
Advocate Vijay Kumar Singhal, who had moved court seeking contempt proceedings against the former police chief, said after the order: “My intention is fulfilled. The bench said in open court that the act is not desirable for a city police chief.”