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The main accused in the alleged rape and murder of Sanjay Roy, a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. (Image source: News18/Archives)
Sources told CNN-News18 that so far there is no evidence that anyone else was involved
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital last month said they were preparing a “watertight case” against the main accused Sanjay Roy. Charge sheet”. The DNA was matched to samples taken from the victim's body.
CNN-News18 The first report on August 27 said that DNA and forensic reports analyzed by officials ruled out the possibility of gang rape and pointed out that Roy alone was involved in the rape-murder case that took place on August 9 at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
sources revealed CNN-News18 So far, there is no evidence that anyone else was involved.
Roy, a 33-year-old former citizen volunteer with easy access to a public hospital, will appear in court on Friday and is likely to be returned to judicial custody. On August 23, Roy was placed in judicial custody for 14 days. Kolkata police arrested him on August 10, a day after the doctor's body was found in the seminar hall on the fourth floor of the hospital.
CBI officials told CNN-News18 They do not need the supervision of former citizen volunteers, a temporary force that helps police with traffic and crowd management. One of the key pieces of evidence against Roy was a DNA test report; officials said his DNA matched samples taken from the 31-year-old doctor's body. Forensic tests conducted by experts also gave negative results against the suspect, sources said.
According to defense attorneys, Roy said from jail that the victim was already dead when he entered the seminar hall on August 9.
The Kolkata case sparked national outrage, putting the hospital's operations under scrutiny, leading to the ouster of its controversial principal and triggering a row between the state's ruling Trimanur Congress party and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). fierce political debate among the public and fueled accusations of a larger conspiracy and cover-up. The woman's family said they suspected gang rape.
