RG Kar case: TMC defends court ruling, BJP alleges evidence was "tampered"

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 18 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh welcomed the Sealdah court judgement in the RG Kar rape-murder case, and said that the ruling "proves" that the arrest and investigation made by the Kolkata Police was "accurate."
Meanwhile, Union Minister Sukanto Majumdar alleged that the evidence was "tampered with" by the Kolkata Police, upon which the CBI investigated the case. He also said that the victim might have known something that, would have caused problems for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
"The Court has pronounced him guilty. The punishment is yet to be announced. Commenting on it right now is not appropriate but it is proven that the arrest that the Kolkata Police made within 24 hours, their focus and investigation was accurate," Kunal Ghosh told ANI.
On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed the victim knew something, which would have "caused problems" for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
He also said that the people of the state believe that more than one person are involved in the case.
"Investigation depends on available evidence. Sanjay Roy has been convicted based on whatever evidence has been found. Kolkata Police had investigated this case for 5 days... The questions raised by the victim's family are justified...I think the victim knew something that, if revealed, would have caused problems for CM Mamata Banerjee... We will hold our protest in front of Shastri Bhavan on the 20th regarding this case and the Saline case," Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said.
"The court has convicted him (Sanjay Roy), but the people of West Bengal believe that more than one person may have been involved in the incident. When the case was being investigated for five days by the Kolkata Police, evidence was tampered with in those five days...We want strict punishment to be given...The RG Kar incident has exposed that the law and order situation in the state of West Bengal is not good," he added.
Notably, the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court on Saturday found accused Sanjay Roy guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Justice Anirban Das pronounced the verdict. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the court on Monday (January 20).
The court said that Sections 64,66, 103/1 of BNS have been framed against the accused. "There is a complaint against the accused that he went to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and went to the seminar room, assaulted and murdered the lady doctor taking rest there," the court said.
The case, which involves the rape and murder of a trainee doctor whose body was found on August 9 in the hospital's seminar room, sparked widespread protests. After the incident, Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer at the hospital, was arrested in connection with the crime.
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A junior doctor at RG Kar College and Hospital said that evidence had been tampered. with. "What we have been saying since day one is that this man is a civic volunteer and how did he enter the medical college and commit this kind of crime? Evidence was tampered with, destruction has been done, and it is mentioned in the CBI chargesheet. For whom was this done? To save Sanjay Roy? How can we believe this? We still believe that there are more culprits involved in this case who are roaming around freely. So, please arrest all and punish them... Our fight will continue because more than one person is involved in this crime... Justice has not been delivered yet; this is just a first step..." said the junior doctor.
(ANI)