A 35-year-old volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested within hours of a special investigation team being formed for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital. The postmortem report confirmed sexual assault, and CCTV footage showed Roy entering the hospital premises intoxicated. The accused faces 14 days of police custody.
A volunteer who works alongside Kolkata Police personnel was arrested Saturday for the rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor at the city’s RG Kar Hospital the previous day.
Sanjay Roy was held barely six hours after a seven-member special investigation team (SIT) was set up. The 35-yearold was produced in a local court, where no lawyer agreed to represent him. The court sent Roy to 14 days’ police custody after the public prosecutor likened the assault on the 31-yearold doctor to the 2012 Nirbhaya case.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said “if needed, the accused will be hanged”.
