CBI probe suggests Kolkata doctor was not gang-raped: Sources

CBI probe suggests one person involved in Kolkata rape-murder, not gang-rape: Sources
Doctors and students protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata.
Doctors and students protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata. PTI Photo
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The investigation conducted by the CBI so far into the murder of the Kolkata trainee doctor has indicated that she was not gang-raped, India Today has exclusively learnt. The probe, which was handed to the CBI on August 13, has found the involvement of one person, civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, in the rape and murder of the 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Sources said the forensic report has also suggested that the doctor was raped and killed by Roy, a civic volunteer who was attached to the Kolkata Police. The DNA report has also confirmed the involvement of one person amid allegations that the victim was gang raped.

Roy was arrested on August 10, a day after the semi-clothed body of the doctor was found in the seminar hall of the hospital.

Additionally, the CBI has also gone through the CCTV footage that showed Roy entering the building where the doctor was found murdered.

Roy, who has a history of domestic abuse and had access to all departments of the hospital, was arrested after his Bluetooth headset was found at the crime scene.

However, the CBI is yet to conclude its investigation on the involvement of more people in the case. The agency is likely to send the forensic report to independent experts to get their final opinion.

Previously, a doctor claimed that the victim might have been gang-raped, alleging that "151 mg of liquid" was found in the vaginal swab test.

Dr Subarna Goswami told India Today that the nature of injuries inflicted on the trainee doctor cannot be the handiwork of one person.

The parents of the victim also put forth this argument before the Calcutta High Court, alleging the presence of a "significant amount of semen in her body", suggesting gang rape.

Trashing the allegations, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, citing the autopsy, said the 150 grams mentioned in the report referred to the weight of the inner and outer genitalia. She also said that fluids were measured in millilitres.

"RG Kar autopsy in the presence of a judicial magistrate and 3 doctors: Show no fracture to the pelvic girdle or other bones. 150 gm refers to weight of inner and outer genitalia and not to imaginary amount of fluid. Does not suggest multiple assailants," Moitra tweeted.

Source: India Today

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