Kolkata court frames charges against prime accused of RG Kar rape-murder
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK Kolkata, Nov 4: A Kolkata court filed charges against Sanjay Roy, the prime accused, on Monday, 87…
File photo of prime accused Sanjay Roy
THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Kolkata, Nov 4: A Kolkata court filed charges against Sanjay Roy, the prime accused, on Monday, 87 days after a female medic was found dead at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The court declared that the trial would proceed on a day-to-day basis starting November 11.
Roy has been charged under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 66 (which relates to punishment for causing death or leading to a persistent vegetative state) and Section 103 (punishment for murder).
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) named Roy as the sole prime accused in the case in its initial charge-sheet submitted last month.
The CBI’s charge-sheet also suggested the possibility of a broader conspiracy involved in the crime.
On August 9, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor was found with injuries in a seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. An autopsy later revealed that she had been raped before being murdered. The accused, Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer, was arrested on August 10.
The junior doctors began protests and work boycotts following the incident.
