September 14th 2024.
In a recent development in Kolkata, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took former officer-in-charge of Tala Police Station, Abhijit Mondal, into their custody on Saturday. Mondal, who was responsible for overseeing the area where RG Kar Medical College & Hospital is located, was arrested in connection with a heinous crime - the rape and murder of a junior doctor within the hospital premises.
At the same time, the CBI also showed Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar, as "arrested" in the same case. Ghosh was previously arrested for financial irregularities at the institution and is currently under judicial custody. Sources reveal that both Mondal and Ghosh are facing charges of misleading the initial investigation carried out by Kolkata Police and tampering with evidence in the rape and murder case.
Mondal was in-charge of Tala Police Station when the body of the junior doctor was discovered in the seminar hall of the hospital on August 9. However, he was recently removed from his position by the city police authorities. On Saturday afternoon, Mondal arrived at the CBI office for questioning and was arrested at 9:45 p.m. Both he and Ghosh will be presented in a special court in Kolkata on Sunday.
The news of Mondal's arrest and Ghosh's designation as "arrested" came to light after a failed meeting between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors. The doctors were demanding justice in the rape and murder case and had gathered at the CM's official residence in South Kolkata. As the news of the arrests reached the protesting doctors in front of the state health department headquarters in Salt Lake, there was a round of applause.
These recent developments bring the total number of arrests in the rape and murder case to three. Previously, civic volunteer Sanjay Roy was taken into custody and is currently in judicial custody. He was initially arrested by city police and later handed over to the CBI.
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