RG Kar case: Ex-principal Sandip Ghosh, former police officer Abhijit Mondal get bail

Sandip Ghosh

The Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor.  The two got bail as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not file a chargesheet within the mandatory 90-day period.

The CBI maintained before the court that the case is being investigated while the lawyers of the accused sought bail arguing that no chargesheet has been submitted against them within the statutory period of 90 days.

The junior doctors, who led a months-long protest over the rape and murder of the medic at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, expressed disappointment with the CBI investigation into the case on Friday after two key suspects got bail from the Court.

The junior doctors started their demonstration after the body of their colleague was found at the R G Kar hospital on August 9. Following 50 days of cease work that paralysed the state's healthcare system, they went on hunger strike on October 5.

In the court, the CBI’s investigating officer said that the probe against the accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case is still ongoing. Massive protests erupted across the country after the crime took place on August 9 this year. The Kolkata police arrested Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, a day after the rape and murder of the junior doctor.