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The tribunal remanded Sandip Ghosh (in pic) and Abhijit Mondol to 14 days’ judicial custody. (File Photo)
The CBI has alleged that erstwhile main of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, and erstwhile in-charge of Tala constabulary station, Abhijit Mondol, “wanted to hush up the incident” aft a inferior doctor’s assemblage was recovered astatine a seminar hallway connected field successful August, and that they tried to crook the “incident of rape and murder” into suicide.
The CBI made the allegations successful a submission to the tribunal of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Sealdah connected Friday, portion seeking hold of judicial remand of Ghosh and Mondol.
The 2 were arrested connected September 14 successful transportation with the rape-murder case. Days earlier, connected September 2, Ghosh was besides arrested on with 3 others by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) for alleged fiscal irregularities and corruption astatine RG Kar.
In its submission to tribunal connected Friday, the CBI said that investigators scrutinised the information extracted from CCTV footage astatine Tala constabulary presumption arsenic good arsenic information from the mobile phones of some the accused. “The extraction of information of DVR and hard disk containing the CCTV footage of PS Tala and mobile phones of some the accused persons has been received from CFSL, Kolkata and the aforesaid has been scrutinised. It is wide from a fig of calls that the accused persons wanted to hush up the incident,” the CBI said.
The cardinal bureau besides highlighted the Supreme Court’s observations connected September 30 that “the CBI arsenic it appears earlier the Court is conducting an probe connected 2 facets – i) the alleged rape and execution which took spot connected 09.08.2024 astatine R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital; and (ii) the allegations successful respect to fiscal irregularities which were besides entrusted for probe by the CBI by the orders of a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court. Whether each of the supra are disconnected features oregon whether determination is simply a narration betwixt the two, volition beryllium investigated by the CBI.”
In this regard, the CBI said it was looking to “unearth a larger conspiracy, if any, successful the lawsuit of rape and murder”, and that the “investigation connected the facet of demolition /attempt to demolition of grounds and hushing up the substance of rape and execution into termination is inactive going connected successful afloat swing”.
CBI, successful its submission, besides highlighted that sleuths interrogated some Ghosh and Mondol wrong Presidency jailhouse from October 1 to October 3. “However, some the accused were recovered to beryllium non-cooperative and gave evasive replies. Their versions request to beryllium further verified,” the CBI said.
It said it needed to besides verify the contents of telephone conversations and information of Ghosh and Mondol with different witnesses and persons, and that for this, further interrogation is essential.
The tribunal remanded Ghosh and Mondol to 14 days’ judicial custody.
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