CBI begins lie detection tests in doctor murder case, polygraph examination of key accused postponed

Kolkata/New Delhi—The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday began polygraph tests on former RG Kar Medical and Hospital director Sandip Ghosh and five others as part of its probe into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at the institute. It also took note of a case of alleged financial irregularities at the same facility, officials said.

CBI begins lie detector tests in doctor murder case, polygraph examination of key accused postponed

The polygraph examination of arrested prime accused Sanjay Roy has been postponed due to technical issues. The central investigation agency will soon fix a new date.

“Polygraph tests are being conducted on Ghosh and five others, including interns, doctors and a person related to Roy. Technical glitches prevented citizen volunteer Roy from being tested as planned. We will soon decide on when to conduct the test,” the officer said.

A CBI source said Roy’s examination could take place on Sunday at the Presidency Correctional Home where he is currently lodged.

Due to the time-consuming nature of polygraph tests and limited availability of machines (only two are available at present), it may take a few more days before the CBI tests all the seven persons involved in the examination, the source added.

Additionally, on Saturday, the CBI questioned more than 15 people, including 10 police officers and volunteers, as part of the ongoing investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a medical professional.

On the same day, the West Bengal school education department issued show-cause notices to three educational institutions — Baluhati High School, Baluhati Girls’ High School and Bantra Rajlakshmi Girls’ School — for involving students in a protest rally against the crime during school hours. The schools were given 24 hours to respond to the notices.

According to an official of the school education department, the rally that took place on Thursday was attended not only by students but also teachers and support staff and was carried out in violation of regulations.

Meanwhile, the student, youth and women’s wing of the Communist Party of Pakistan (CPI) held a rally in Kolkata protesting against alleged notices issued by the police to some of their leaders over vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The West Bengal state committees of the Students’ Federation of India, the Democratic Youth Federation of India and the All India Democratic Women’s Association led a march from College Street to the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar. The police put up barricades to stop the march midway.

In another demonstration, over 200 alumni of Jadavpur University gathered from the main gate of the university to Golpark, demanding a speedy investigation, arrest of those involved in the incident and a speedy trial.

The same day, about 300 app-based taxi drivers in Kolkata held a protest rally from Rashbehari Crossing to Esplanade, organised by the leftist trade union CITU, condemning the crime.

Earlier in the day, a team of senior state health department officials visited the hospital to meet the protesting junior doctors and urge them to return to work.

The 16-day strike has severely disrupted healthcare services across West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the protesting doctors to return to their duties and directed that no coercive action be taken against them. The state government also appealed to junior doctors to return to work to address the problem of large number of patients in government hospitals.

In response to doctors’ demands, the state government on Wednesday dismissed three senior officials of RGKMCH and cancelled former director Ghosh’s transfer to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital.

The incident, which involves the rape and murder of a PhD student on August 9, has sparked widespread outrage in India and around the world. Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, was arrested the next day for his alleged involvement in the crime.

The CBI took over the investigation from the Calcutta Police last week following an order of the Calcutta High Court.

Meanwhile, the agency on Saturday registered a case of alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College. It took over the investigation from the Special Investigation Team constituted by the West Bengal government on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.

The Calcutta High Court ordered the CBI to submit a progress report within three weeks.

The High Court issued the directive for a CBI probe on the application of former deputy director of the hospital Akhtar Ali, who had alleged financial irregularities in the hospital during the tenure of its former director Sandip Ghosh and sought a probe by central agencies. PTI SCH ABS SUS AMR RBT RG MNB

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