NEW DELHI: A Kolkata court on Saturday found main accused Sanjay Roy guilty in the RG Kar rape and murder case. After the Additional District Judge of the Sealdah Court read out the verdict, Roy maintained his innocence and said he was being “falsely implicated”, adding that an IPS officer was involved in the incident that led to the death of a PG medic on August 9.
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“I have been falsely implicated. I have not done this. Those who have done so are being let go. One IPS [officer] involved,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
“I always wear a chain of rudraksh on my neck. If I committed the crime my chain would have been broken in place of occurrence. I can’t commit this crime,” he added.
Roy has been sent to judicial custody and the sentencing is set to take place on Monday.
“The accused will be heard on Monday. Now he is being sent to judicial custody. His punishment will be announced on Monday. I have fixed the time at 12.30 to hear the case,” the Additional District Judge at Sealdah court said.
‘Justice has not been delivered yet, there are more culprits’
Concerns regarding the involvement of more than one person and tampering of the evidence have been raised by several people.
“The court has convicted him (Sanjay Roy), but the people of West Bengal believe that more than one person may have been involved in the incident. When the case was being investigated for five days by the Kolkata Police, evidence was tampered with in those five days…We want strict punishment to be given…The RG Kar incident has exposed that the law and order situation in the state of West Bengal is not good..,” Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said.
Furthermore, a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Aniket Mahato, reiterated similar views and questioned how Roy, a civic volunteer, gained access to the premises to commit the crime.
” What we have been saying since day one, this man is a civic volunteer and how did he enter the medical college and commit this kind of a crime. Evidence was tampered with, destruction has been done, and it is mentioned in the CBI chargesheet, for whom was this done? to save Sanjay Roy? How can we believe this? We still believe that there are more culprits involved in this case who are roaming around freely. So, please arrest all and punish them…our fight will continue because more than one person is involved in this crime…justice has not been delivered yet, this is just a first step..,” he said.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has raised concerns about a deeper conspiracy behind the crime.
“… Everyone knows Sanjay Roy is guilty but who are the powers behind him?… This has happened due to a corrupt nexus. The government, the principal (of RG Kar) and the whole administration are guilty because of whom such an incident took place..,” she said.
The rape and murder of a 28-year-old postgraduate medical trainee, whose body was found in a hospital seminar room on August 9 sparked nationwide protests demanding justice for the victim and a safer environment for the medics.
Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, was arrested the following day in connection with the crime.
Roy was convicted under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rape, along with Sections 66 and 103(1) for causing death and committing murder. Notably, Section 103(1) of the BNS prescribes a maximum penalty of either life imprisonment or the death sentence.
The incident sparked nationwide outrage, prompting the high court to hand over the investigation to the CBI, which later submitted its chargesheet to the sessions court. The case also reached the Supreme Court, which took suo motu cognizance to establish guidelines for doctors’ workplace safety and oversee the investigation’s progress.