Can of worms opened but lack of evidence affects CBI probe into RG Kar rape-murder case

Thirty days have passed after the body of a woman medic raped and murdered was recovered from staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here but investigators are still clueless about what led to the crime that has opened a can of wormsCBI detectives who took up the probe into the case after the Calcutta High Court transferred the investigation from the Kolkata Police on August 13 said that they were unable to join several dots due to lack of evidence from the crime scene a senior official saidThis he said has affected the investigation of the crime which came to light after the body of the trainee doctor was found in the seminar room of the hospital on August 9The police arrested Sanjoy Roy a Kolkata Police civic volunteer the next day in this connectionIt was found during the investigation that former principal of the hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh ordered the demolition of a restroom and a toilet close to that seminar room on August 10 As a portion of the two areas were demolished by the PWD it is suspected that key pieces of evidence were lostBesides a video surfaced on social media showed the seminar room was crowded with people soon after the body was found The police however claimed that the spot inside the room was cordoned offThe CBI has grilled witnesses including Ghosh other doctors officials security guards and the arrested prime accused Sanjay RoyThere is a lack of evidence in this case That is the reason why our detectives are unable to come to a conclusion From circumstantial evidence questioning of people and the DNA evidence do not show involvement of multiple persons in the sexual assault on the woman the officer told PTIHe said that the forensic tests conducted at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory CFSL confirmed a match between the DNA of the victim and the arrested civic volunteerSeparate DNA profiling on samples gathered from the victim and Roy and the DNA comparing with other seized evidence from the crime scene also corroborated the CFSL report he statedEchoing the claims of the CBI about tampering with evidence the parents of the deceased also alleged the sameWhen we reached there after her death we found several people inside the seminar hall one policeman guarding the entrance of it and many more standing outside It can be assumed that the entire scene was very carefully arranged Going by the brutality of the crime the scene could not be so the mother of the victim saidThe counsel of the accused claimed that her client had been framed to shield the actual criminalsIn the case of financial irregularities in the hospital for which the exprincipal Ghosh was arrested along with three others the CBI officer said they found more names who were involvedMore people were involved in the irregularities which were carried out in a wellplanned manner he said adding that at times there were no footprints of the financial misconductThe central probe agency has submitted before a court that Ghosh had played a vital role in siphoning off funds and orchestrated 84 illegal appointments during his tenure at the hospital as the principal from 2022 to 2023The Enforcement Directorate ED is also conducting a simultaneous investigation of the financial irregularities case revealing that the former principal and his wife own a luxurious bungalow in the South 24 Parganas district of West BengalThey also discovered more property owned by Ghosh and confiscated several important documents during search operations at his residence as well as those of his relatives and accomplicesThe ED has filed an ECIR against Ghosh and started their probe An ECIR is generally filed by the ED as the case information report It is similar to a first information report FIR in criminal casesMedia reports also claimed that a racket was functioning in the health department which controls various aspects of the administration including transfers The racket also allegedly indulges in unfair means during examinations of studentsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever