2 min readUpdated: May 15, 2026 03:12 PM IST
Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said three IPS officers have been suspended on charges of mishandling the RG Kar doctor rape and murder case. Vineet Goyal, the then Kolkata police Commissioner, Abhishek Gupta the then deputy Commissioner of police (North) and Indira Mukherjee deputy Commissioner of police (central), have been suspended.
CM Adhikari, at a press conference in Nabanna, further alleged that the officers were involved in offering bribe to the family and conducting press conference without written order. Departmental proceedings will be initiated against the three IPS officers.
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The incident occurred on August 9, 2024. A junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was found dead in the hospital building inside a seminar hall. A 33-year-old civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested by Kolkata Police on the suspicion of raping and murdering her. The case was later transferred to the CBI.
The incident sparked nationwide protests, with demands for justice for the victim.
The mother of the victim later fought the recently concluded Bengal elections from the Panihati seat on a BJP ticket and won.
Dispensing justice for the RG Kar victim was among the top promises of the BJP before the assembly polls.
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A trial court on January 20 ,2025, sentenced Roy to life imprisonment after convicting him in the case. However, the doctor’s family has been alleging that he was not alone in committing the crime.
The family in April this year told Calcutta High Court that they had gathered information on several aspects, which were not adequately examined by the CBI and the state police. They stated that a forensic expert’s opinion suggests that multiple individuals may have been present at the time of the incident.
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