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Parents of the R.G. Medical College rape sufferer met CBI Director Praveen Sood. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The mother and father, who arrived on the company headquarters within the afternoon, acquired a affected person listening to from Mr. Sood, who assured them “all assistance” in bringing the wrongdoer to justice, they stated.
This is the second assembly Sood has had with them. It lasted for half an hour.
The 26-year-old trainee post-graduate physician was raped and murdered within the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata within the Chest Medicine Department’s seminar corridor the place she was on her night time shift responsibility on August 9 final yr.
The crime despatched shock waves throughout the nation sparking large protests by medical doctors and medical college students.
The CBI’s probe nailed civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, who was handed over life imprisonment in January. The CBI has challenged the choice in Calcutta High Court searching for dying penalty for Roy.
The mother and father, nonetheless, remained satisfied that Roy didn’t act alone and there could also be a canopy up of the incident.
“From day one, we have said there was more than one person. She was a strong girl. There is no way only one man could have done this inside such a secure building. All the early cover-ups point to a bigger nexus,” the sufferer’s mom had stated Sunday.
Her father alleged that makes an attempt had been made to destroy proof.
“There were three bodies at the crematorium that day. Yet our daughter’s body was cremated first. Why the hurry? Steps were taken to wipe out evidence,” he alleged.
The mother and father additionally plan to satisfy senior leaders together with Home Minister Amit Shah.
To mark the primary anniversary of the tragic incident, two public occasions are scheduled in Kolkata during which protesters are anticipated to march to Kalighat space, the place Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee resides.
‘Abhaya Mancha’, a discussion board shaped within the wake of the incident, will observe Raksha Bandhan that day. On August 14, it plans a ‘Reclaim the Night’ march throughout Kolkata and the suburbs from 9 pm to midnight.
Roy was handed life time period by Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah, Anirban Das. The court docket had additionally ordered Roy to pay a fantastic of ₹50,000 and directed the state authorities to pay compensation of ₹17 lakh to the household of the deceased.
Judge Das said that the crime didn’t fall beneath the “rarest of the rare” class, which justified the choice to not impose the dying penalty on the convict.
Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was discovered responsible beneath Sections 64 (rape), 66 (punishment for inflicting dying), and 103(1) (homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The CBI challenged the order saying the case was certainly a ‘rarest of uncommon’ incident during which dying penalty could be an applicable punishment for Roy.
Published – August 08, 2025 02:38 pm IST
