RG Kar victim's parents can approach High Court to demand further CBI probe: SC
Senior advocate Karuna Nandy appeared for the victim's parents. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta represented the CBI.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the parents of the doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered inside the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last August to pursue their petition for a further probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the incident before the Calcutta high court.
While Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the case, was on January 20 sentenced to life term by a Sealdah sessions court, the parents have sought a further probe to ascertain the alleged role of some other persons. Through senior advocate Karuna Nundy, they had initially sought the intervention of the Supreme Court, but the bench deemed it appropriate for them to approach the jurisdictional high court where the CBI’s appeal demanding the death sentence for Roy is also currently pending. Previously, the high court had advised the parents to seek clarification from the Supreme Court as to whether it could adjudicate the plea for a further probe by the CBI.
The CBI had investigated the case after it was handed over to the central agency in September. After the Sealdah court verdict, CBI had gone to the high court to appeal against the sentence. The agency demanded the death penalty for the accused
In the case in the Supreme Court, senior advocate Karuna Nandy appeared for the victim's parents. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta represented the CBI.
RG Kar victim’s family yet to get her death certificate
The father of the victim of the rape and murder inside the RG Kar hospital last week claimed that though over seven months have passed after the incident, the family is yet to get the death certificate of their daughter and have been running from pillar to post for it.
The father of the deceased post-graduate trainee alleged officials of the Swasthya Bhavan (health department headquarters), the hospital, and Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s borough concerned are not cooperating with them.
"We have not yet got the death certificate of my daughter. We are being harassed by the officials at various departments whenever we go for the certificate. They are telling us that giving the death certificate is against the rules," the father told PTI.
He said that it seems neither chief minister Mamata Banerjee who is also the health minister, nor Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim has any clue about this.
