Roy raped, killed doc: CBI files chargesheet

Civic volunteer in the Kolkata police Sanjay Roy had raped and killed the junior doctor in the seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, the CBI has alleged in its first chargesheet in the sensational case filed on Monday while ruling out gangrape.

In the chargesheet filed before a Sealdah court 54 days after it took over the investigation, the CBI said Roy had committed the crime alone and it had not found evidence so far to substantiate allegations of gangrape and involvement of other individuals, officials said.

The agency told the court that it had kept the probe open into other aspects of the crime. The report had an annexure carrying statements of prosecution witnesses. The local police had arrested Roy on the next day of the crime — August 10 — based on the CCTV footage and his inability to explain his conduct at the time of the crime.

The CBI heavily relied on the CCTV footage which showed Roy entering the seminar hall around 4 am on August 9, they said. The footage showed that he had left the room after 30 minutes, they said. The DNA samples collected from his nails also indicated his role in the gruesome crime, they said. The body of the doctor was found at 9.30 am on August 9 by her colleague who went looking for her before starting ward rounds. The Tala police station was informed about “a woman lying in an unconscious state” and their team reached the spot around 10.30 am. Her autopsy had shown multiple internal and external injuries on the body.

The CBI has charged Roy with Sections 64 and 66 pertaining to rape and 103(1) relating to murder of the BNS. The agency, which took over the investigation on August 14 following a Calcutta HC order, also took Roy’s custody and conducted a detailed interrogation, followed by a polygraph test.

Roy had refused to give consent for the narco analysis, following which the CBI could not proceed with the test.