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Published 08:10 IST, September 18th 2024

'My Daughter Would Have Been Alive, if...': Abhaya's Father's Big Charge Against Mamata Govt

The aggrieved father claimed that several allegations were levelled against Sandip Ghosh in 2021.

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'My Daughter Would Have Been Alive, if...': Abhaya's Father's Big Charge Against Mamata Govt
'My Daughter Would Have Been Alive, if...': Abhaya's Father's Big Charge Against Mamata Govt | Image: PTI/file

Kolkata: Expressing grief, the father of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has said that his daughter would have been alive, had Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee taken action against Sandip Ghosh, former Principal of the hospital in 2021, when allegations were levelled against him.

The aggrieved father claimed that several allegations were levelled against Ghosh in 2021. 

"In the year 2021 also, many allegations were levelled against former principal Sandip Ghosh, if the Chief Minister had taken action against Sandip Ghosh then, today my daughter would have been alive," the victim's father said.

Hoping for justice, he said whoever was involved in the killing or tampering of evidence were under investigation as CBI probe is underway. Speaking on protesting doctors in the city, he said it was painful for him to see them (junior doctors) in pain as “they are like my children.”

Abhaya's father said it will be a victory for him when the accused gets punished. 

“CBI is doing its job, we cannot say anything about this (investigation)... Whoever is connected to this murder in some way or those who are involved in tampering with evidence, all are under investigation... They are sitting in protest (protesting junior doctors) with pain, they are like my children, we feel pain seeing them... The day the accused will be punished, that day will be our victory...,” he added.

For the unversed, a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the premises of the hospital. Her semi-naked body was recovered from inside a seminar room on August 9, triggering massive outrage across the country. Subsequently, police arrested Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer, in connection with the horror, a day after the incident.

Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Sandip Ghosh and the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Kolkata Police. The arrests were part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of deliberate delays and cover-ups in the case. The CBI's probe revealed that both Ghosh and the Kolkata Police SHO were allegedly involved in obstructing justice by delaying the investigation and manipulating evidence. 

Earlier on Tuesday, IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma was appointed as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) for Kolkata after Mamata govt sacked Vineet Kumar Goyal. The development came after CM Mamata Banerjee accepted the demands of junior doctors protesting the recent rape and murder case at the hospital in Kolkata.

Following her meeting with the protesting junior doctors, the Chief Minister announced that most of their demands had been met, including the removal of Kolkata CP Vineet Kumar Goyal and certain officials from the health department.

Amid the ongoing agitation over the rape and murder, the front noted down five-point demands, which include the call for justice for the victim "Abhaya" and to expedite the investigation process in the case.

Updated 09:56 IST, September 18th 2024