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Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI grills hospital doctors, forensic experts

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Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday questioned three forensic doctors who conducted the post-mortem examination on the 31-year-old junior doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, officials of the federal agency said.

The preliminary inquest and post-mortem examination were conducted at the same hospital after the woman’s body was found at the third-floor seminar hall of the chest department where she was on duty. The crime took place sometime between 3am and 5am on August 9, the post-mortem examination indicated, according to the police.

Dr Arunava Dutta Chowdhury, who took charge as head of the chest department on August 1, and the hospital’s former superintendent, Dr Sanjay Vashisth, who was transferred immediately after the crime, were also questioned during the day at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata, agency officials said.

Three forensic doctors, Rina Das, Molly Banerjee, and Apurba Biswas, who conducted the post-mortem, were also summoned to the CGO Complex and questioned for more than four hours, said officials.

 

 

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