Sanjay Roy, the prime accused arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, got married four times, and three of his previous wives left him because of his "misconduct".
The claim was made by his neighbours in conversation, According to them, Roy was married four times, with three of his wives leaving him due to his abusive behaviour. His fourth wife died of cancer last year.
The accused used to frequently return home late at night in a drunken state, neighbours added.
However, Sanjay Roy's mother, Malati Roy, refuted the allegations levelled against his son and claimed that he had admitted to committing the crime under police pressure.
"My son is innocent. He has confessed to the crime under the pressure of police," she said.
Meanwhile, Sanjay Roy's mother-in-law alleged that he had been violent against women since long time.
After he married my daughter by hiding his previous marriage, we came to know several things against Sanjay. We even filed a police complaint against him for beating and torturing my daughter," the mother-in-law told.
She also claimed that Sanjay was in close contact with the police because of his job as a civic volunteer. "He duped several people by taking a lot of money in pretext of giving job in police," she alleged.
Roy, a civic volunteer, was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Government Hospital in north Kolkata. The body of the 31-year-old victim was found inside a seminar hall of the hospital.
A four-page autopsy report revealed that the woman was bleeding from her private parts and there were injury marks on other parts of her body.
"There was bleeding from both her eyes and mouth, injuries over the face, and a nail. The victim was also bleeding from her private parts. She also has injuries in her belly, left leg, neck, in her right hand, ring finger, and lips," the report stated.
Meanwhile, Roy has been charged under sections 64 (rape) and 103 (murder) of BNS and was produced before Sealdah court, which remanded him to police custody till August 23.
The incident has sparked a massive outrage among doctors, nursing staff and medical students in the city. Junior doctors and students at various state-run hospitals, including RG Kar Medical College, National Medical College, and Medical College, Kolkata, held protest sit-ins and processions.
Similar protests also took place at district hospitals such as Bardhaman Medical College and Bankura Sammilani Medical College, demanding exemplary punishment for the accused and enhanced security for women at hospitals.
