The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a progress report on the investigation into the gruesome rape and murder of a female trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to the Supreme Court ahead of today’s hearing.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, reviewed the case on August 20 after taking suo motu cognizance. The top court had requested the CBI to file the status report on the investigation in the case. It has also asked the Bengal government regarding the vandalism at RG Kar hospital.
The Bengal government will file a status report on the progress of the investigation into the vandalism.
The legal team representing the Bengal government comprises 21 lawyers, while that of the Centre consists of five advocates.
Earlier, the bench pulled up the hospital authorities and former principal of the hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh, for delay in filing FIR, asking why it was done several hours after cremation.
The bench criticised the authorities for making the parents of the victim wait for three hours to see her body.
The rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate doctor has sparked nationwide outrage and protests.
In Tuesday’s hearing, the Supreme Court slammed the Bengal government for its lapses in handling of the case.
The Calcutta High Court had on August 13 transferred the probe into the rape-murder case to the CBI, highlighting “serious lapses” by the RG Kar hospital administration.
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