'Clear Attempt To Hide Something': Kolkata Rape-Murder Victim's Lawyer | Exclusive

New Delhi: Senior Advocate and Abhaya’s lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya has said if you connect the dots in the Kolkata rape-murder case and the way events have turned, there seems to be an attempt to hide something under the agies of the former Principal.

“What has happened is to be disclosed by the CBI. The first phone call was received by the parents of the victim at 10:30 am saying that their daughter was unwell. When the parents asked about the illness, there was no response. After 30 minutes, one assistant superintendent called them up saying the victim had committed suicide. They rushed to the hospital and were not allowed to see the dead body for three hours. Then they were told their daughter was killed,” Abhaya's lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said, in an exclusive conversation with Republic TV's Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief Arnab Goswami.

Unfortunately, this murder was happened in the hospital premises and the victim was an on duty doctor who was working for 36-hours and then she went to take some rest, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said.

“The hospital authorities were maintaining a very good silence, there was no complaint from the hospital authorities as to how come this (crime) happened, there was a police outpost inside the hospital, they passed on the information to the local police station which took almost 20 minutes to reach,” Abhaya's lawyer said.

“The cops instead of rushing to the spot and start an investigation, calls for the homicide,” he added.

“Now if you join all the dots, there is a huge doubt that the investigating agencies may be under the agies of RG Kar Hospital principal wanted to hide something,” Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said.

“The doctors were there, they could see the body and come to the conclusion that it wasn't a suicide but it was a murder but they wanted to misguide the parents by saying it's a suicide,” Bhattacharya said.

“We took these issues to the Calcutta High Court which transferred the case to the CBI,” he added.

"In the meantime, Sandip Ghosh on record said that he was resigning taking moral responsibility but his resignation was not accepted and on the contrary, was given a pride posting," Abhaya's lawyer informed.

“Most interestingly, if you connect the dots, at 3 pm, CBI was handed over the investigation, at 5 pm, the information comes that some portion at the place of the occurrence is being destroyed, the students and youth demonstrating resisted it but what was the urgency at that time,” Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya raised the concern.

On being asked does he suspect the involvement of big names, Abhaya’s lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “absolutely so, that's the suspicion in the mind of the parents or any other reasonable person… connecting the dots… you will find that there was a definite attempt to make sure that somebody is not brought to forth, that is admitted, if the investigation is done properly, some names will come out.” he said.