The Kolkata Police on Friday rejected the claims made by the Central Bureau (CBI), stating that the crime scene of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city was "not compromised".
The assertion by Kolkata Police comes after the CBI alleged that the seminar hall of the RG Kar hospital, where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered earlier this month, was tampered with.
During a Supreme Court hearing, the central probe agency claimed that the crime scene was altered and the victim's family was misled about their daughter's death being passed off as a suicide.
In response, the Kolkata Police clarified that all individuals present at the scene, as depicted in a photograph, were fully authorised to be there.
A picture of the crime scene went viral on social media, which showed many people present inside the seminar hall.
According to sources within the Kolkata Police, the photograph in question was taken on August 9, after the inquest had been completed.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing CBI in Supreme Court, flagged the delay in the filing of the FIR.
"The most shocking fact is that the first FIR was registered at 11:45 pm after cremation. The parents were told it was a suicide, then death and then friends of the doctor at the hospital insisted on videography. They also suspected something was amiss," Mehta had said.
"As we entered the fifth day of the investigation, everything was altered, including the crime scene," he added.
The CBI has also claimed that it found lapses on the part of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital authorities in handling the case with sensitivity.
