Kolkata Rape and Murder: Was There A Guard Outside RG Kar Seminar Room?

Kolkata: In a new development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the possibility of involvement of another person, who may have ‘guarded’ the crime scene when the rape and murder took place.

This stems from the tower bolt of the door of the seminar room of RG Kar Hospital being broken.

Was There A Guard Outside RG Kar Seminar Room?

The CBI, probing the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here, is concentrating on how the crime was executed without any hindrance in the facility’s seminar hall where the door’s tower bolt was found broken, an officer said.

CBI officials are also trying to find out if someone was stationed outside the seminar hall to ensure that the crime went undisturbed, he said, adding that the investigators are analysing CCTV footage to confirm it.

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The investigating officers wondered why nobody could hear any sound from inside the seminar hall when the victim was being tortured.

"The tower bolt was broken, which caused the door to malfunction. We are probing whether anyone was stationed outside to act as a guard while the crime was committed," a CBI officer told PTI.

Initial findings indicate that the door, due to the broken tower bolt, had been malfunctioning for some time. The victim entered the hall between 2 AM and 3 AM on August 9. A doctor on duty reported seeing her asleep inside the hall, the officer said.

"Interviews with doctors, interns, and junior doctors revealed that the door’s malfunction had been a known issue, which prevented the victim from locking the door that night," he added.

Kolkata Rape-Murder: Accused Sanjoy Roy's Custody Extended

The judicial custody of Sanjoy Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been extended for a period of 14 days.

The accused will also be undergoing a polygraph test today along with ex-principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh and four doctors who were with the victim before the crime was committed.

(Inputs from PTI)