RG Kar case: BJP MP alleges lapses in CBI inquiry, seeks probe into officer’s role

BJP MP and former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Ganguly on Saturday alleged lapses in the CBI probe into the rape and murder of the post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital, and demanded an investigation into the role of a senior agency officer – Seema Pahuja – who had supervised the inquiry.

After visiting the state-run hospital, Ganguly claimed that certain crucial aspects linked to the case had not been examined by the CBI.

“I came here after learning that Pahuja, the CBI officer who was in charge of the investigation, did not carry out two very important tasks,” he told reporters after visiting the hospital. Ganguly alleged that a room in the hospital premises, which has remained locked and sealed for nearly two years and could potentially contain incriminating material, had not been opened during the investigation. “I came personally to check whether such a room actually exists. I saw that it is still locked and sealed,” he said.

The BJP MP also referred to a staircase inside the hospital building, which according to him, was allegedly used to move the body from the original scene of crime on the night the doctor was murdered, and placed in the seminar room of the chest medicine department, where it was eventually discovered.