In a social media post on X, Kolkata Police stated, “Reports of KP informing the family about a possible suicide are false. The family confirmed the call did not come from Kolkata Police.”
The police also claimed that it did not cremate the body of deceased.
“Kolkata Police didn’t cremate the body of deceased. It was her family who cremated her,” it added.
This comes after the Calcutta high court pulled the police for its investigation in the case and transferred the probe Central Bureau Investigation. The court directed the Kolkata Police to hand over the case diary and all other documents.
A team from the CBI arrived at the scene after taking over the case following a Calcutta High Court order. The CBI has also dispatched a specialized medical and forensic team from Delhi.
The body of the woman post-graduate trainee was discovered inside a seminar hall at the hospital on the morning of August 9. A civic volunteer was arrested on Saturday in connection with the crime.
Junior doctors across West Bengal continued their ceasework on Wednesday, the sixth consecutive day, protesting the alleged rape and murder of the woman doctor at the state-run medical college and hospital and demanding justice.
The ongoing protest has disrupted healthcare services, leading to long queues at outpatient departments (OPDs) of all government hospitals. The agitating junior doctors are also calling for a magisterial probe into the woman’s death and the removal of senior officials from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The body of the postgraduate trainee, who was allegedly raped and murdered inside a seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar hospital, was found on Friday morning. A civic volunteer was arrested in this connection on Saturday.