How many people are behind the scenes, tampering with evidence and witnesses… What are the challenges for the CBI in investigating the Kolkata incident?

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The brutality meted out to a woman doctor in West Bengal’s Kolkata has shocked everyone. Doctors have taken to the streets for justice. Not only this, people are continuously protesting in this matter outside the RG Car Hospital in Kolkata. People have alleged that the Bengal police did not take the case seriously, initially calling it a suicide, but later treating it as a case of rape and murder. Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court handed over the investigation of this case to the CBI. The central agency has taken over the investigation and will initiate further action from today.

The CBI team has reached Kolkata. After getting orders from the Calcutta High Court, the Bengal Police today handed over the diary of the rape-murder case of a woman doctor to the CBI. Along with this other records were also transferred to CBI. He, along with doctors and forensic experts, will go to the crime scene and collect evidence one by one. During this time he may face many challenges.

What questions may the CBI face?

1. Even before the arrival of the CBI team, the room adjacent to the resident doctor’s room in the hospital was being repaired by RG Kar. It is alleged that the evidence related to the seminar room is being deliberately tampered with, why was this done, the CBI has to find the answer to this question?
2. How will CBI find out whether evidence has been tampered with, what was the condition of the evidence before the tampering?
3. Who is being hidden behind the curtain by bringing forward Sanjay Roy, the main accused in this case? There are still allegations that many people are involved in this case.
4. How honest are viral chats and phone records? In a viral chat between doctors it is being said that many people knew about this. It has also been claimed that he is receiving threats that if he opens his mouth, he may even lose his life.
5. In what detail will the statement of the victim’s parents be recorded due to political pressure? The family members of the victim have made a serious allegation that they did not even see the body for three hours.
6. How will the CBI evaluate the samples collected from the spot by the state forensic lab?
7. Will CBI recreate the murder scene and see if Sanjay’s statement to the Kolkata Police matches or not?
8. The biggest challenge for the CBI is to find witnesses so that it can interrogate them to get to the bottom of the case.
9. On the night of the murder, how did people know that the murder was going to happen? Such things were said in a viral chat between doctors.
10. The body of the trainee doctor has been cremated. In such a situation re-examination of the dead body is not possible. Now the CBI has to rely on the post mortem report done by the Bengal government police.

Accused confesses crime – police claim

The postmortem report of the female doctor has revealed a big revelation. According to the report, the woman doctor was brutalized and raped. Many injury marks were found on his body. Skin and hair were found in the nails. Not only this, he was strangled to death. Based on this report, the possibility of mass rape is also being expressed. The trainee doctor was brutally attacked on the night of August 8-9. Accused Sanjay entered the hospital through the back gate of RG Car Hospital. He was in a state of intoxication. He was drunk. The police claim that he has confessed to the crime.