Even as a Kolkata court is set to pronounce the judgment in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case today, the allegations by the victim's parents that the probe was not complete and that other culprits are still free, has cast a shadow on the whole affair.
Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with the city police, was charged with the brutal rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata on August 9 last year. Kolkata Police arrested Roy on August 10, a day after her body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The case was transferred to the CBI later by the Calcutta High Court. The central agency has sought death penalty for Roy.
#WATCH | On Sealdah Court to announce the verdict of RG Kar rape-murder case today, Victim's father says, "Our lawyer and CBI have told us not to go to the court. I have no idea about the recent court proceedings...CBI never called me anywhere, they came to our residence once or… pic.twitter.com/FKZ1988dut
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The crime led to nationwide outrage and protests by junior doctors in Kolkata, demanding justice for the victim and stronger security arrangements in state-run hospitals.
Fifty-seven days after the trial started, the Sealdah court will deliver the judgment today.
Parents of the RG Kar victim seek further probe
However, the parents of the victim insist that more people are involved in the crime, and have expressed hope that they too will be arrested soon and tried before the court. They have also moved court seeking further probe into the case.
"Sanjay (Roy) is guilty, and the verdict will be against him. But what about other criminals who are still not caught? I can see them roaming freely. I have seen them loitering in the hospital. So, the investigation is half-done," the victim's mother told PTI. She added that though biological evidence proved Roy guilty, the administration has been protecting several others involved in the crime.
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"I am yet to know why my daughter was killed in that fashion. What did she come to know that she was not allowed to live?" she said, referring to speculations that the junior doctor was 'silenced' because she knew about some wrongdoings in the hospital.
