The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which has been at the forefront of the RG Kar protests, along with Abhaya Mancha, a civil society group formed during the demonstrations, and several others, held a protest on Saturday outside the Sealdah Civil & Criminal Court.
The protest took place outside the court while inside Sanjay Roy, a former Kolkata Police civic volunteer, was declared guilty of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar on August 9.
The protesters expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict, demanding that all individuals involved in the crime be arrested and convicted. They alleged that Roy alone was not responsible for the crime and that the influential figures linked to the West Bengal government and the ruling party were protected.
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During the demonstration, the protesters raised 20 pointed questions. They referred to video evidence showing the presence of outsiders at the crime scene, which they claim suggests evidence tampering.
Additionally, they highlighted rapid construction work near the site of the crime and the vandalism and attacks on protesters at RG Kar on the night of August 14 as further indications of attempts to cover up the case.
The protesters also accused investigators of shielding key suspects. They pointed out that the CBI’s supplementary chargesheet initially implicated Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar, and local police official Abhijit Mondal in evidence tampering. However, neither was named in the final chargesheet.
One of the questions read, “Sanjay Roy is undoubtedly guilty. But given the sheer brutality of the crime, how is it possible for one person to commit it?”
The demonstrators claimed that Roy was easily convicted because he was financially weak and lacked political connections. “We will continue our protests until all those powerful people involved in it get the punishment and justice is served,” the protesters vowed.
Meanwhile, the victim’s parents, who were also unhappy with the ongoing CBI probe and approached the Calcutta High Court again for further investigation, thanked the judge at the Sealdah court for the verdict.
