RG Kar rape case verdict live: Judgment today by Kolkata court, victim's kin say ‘more involved’

The Kolkata Police, which was investigating the case, initially arrested Sanjay Roy on August 10, a day after the medic's body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The Calcutta High Court later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The in-camera trial in the rape and murder of the doctor commenced on November 12.

The hearing in Roy's trial was concluded on January 9, during which 50 witnesses were examined. The parents of the deceased doctor have claimed that other persons were involved in the crime and expected that they would also be arrested and tried before the court.

Dr Rohan Krishnan, chief patron of FAIMA said doctors demand capital punishment for the accused who raped and murdered the doctor who was on duty at the government-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital of West Bengal.

"We stand with the family of the deceased and hope that Justice is Served by the court...," he told news agency ANI.

Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar expressed hope that justice will be served. He also criticized the Kolkata Police for their mishandling of the case, which resulted in the loss of crucial evidence.

"Everyone is hopeful that the court will do justice in the case and will give a correct verdict...The Kolkata Police did so much mismanagement in the case due to which no evidence was left at the spot. So now we hope that justice will prevail in the case and the accused will be punished," the BJP leader said.

On Sealdah court's verdict today of RG Kar rape-murder case, victim's father said their lawyer and CBI have told them not to go to the court. "I have no idea about the recent court proceedings...CBI never called me anywhere, they came to our residence once or twice but whenever we asked them about the investigation, they always said it was underway," he told news agency ANI.

“The victim's father said there were bites on his daughter's neck but a swab was not collected from there. ”In the post-mortem report, there was no concrete evidence. CBI is not trying much. There is someone involved in this...In the DNA report, it can be seen that 4 men and 2 women were present there. We want all the people involved in this to be punished...," he said.

West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari said he is hopeful that strict action will be taken by the judiciary in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case.

"We are hopeful that strict actions will be taken by the judiciary. We should have examples so that such incidents never occur but we suspect that this was not the doing of only one person and many people were involved. The West Bengal government, health department, and the state police are also involved. We request the CBI to explore the case more and those who committed the crime and those who tried to hide the evidence should also be punished," Suvendu Adhikari told news agency PTI.

On Sealdah court's verdict in the RG Kar rape-murder case today, BJP leader Rahul Sinha told news agency ANI, "So far there is only one main accused who will be punished today, this is the perception of the people. People also believe that there were more people involved in this case and in the coming time, through investigation, we will know about the remaining criminals too. Today, the main accused will be punished".

The judgment in the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case will be delivered by additional district and sessions judge Anirban Das, 57 days after the trial commenced.

The in-camera trial commenced on November 12, and 50 witnesses were examined.

The hearing in the case concluded on January 9.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the case after it was handed over to the agency by the Calcutta High Court, has sought capital punishment for Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the RG Kar Medical college rape and murder.

The CBI has said in the court Roy was the sole perpetrator of the crime.

A civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, Sanjay Roy, was arrested on August 10 by the cops, who identified the accused through a Bluetooth earphone set that was found near the victim's body. Sanjay Roy was seen in CCTV camera footage entering the seminar hall with the device around his neck.

A day before Kolkata court's verdict in the case, the parents of the victim of the alleged RG Kar Medical rape and murder case said that the investigation is half-done as others involved in the crime are roaming free.

Her parents said they will continue to fight until justice is delivered to their daughter whose body was found in the seminar room of the state-run hospital on August 9 last year, sparking nationwide outrage and prolonged protests.

"Sanjay (Roy) is guilty, and tomorrow's verdict will be against him. But what about other criminals who are still not caught? I can see them roaming freely. I have seen them loitering in the hospital. So, the investigation is half-done," mother of the victim told news agency PTI.

The mother also stated that biological evidence proved Roy guilty, but she believed that the administration has been shielding several others involved in the crime.

“All the evidence were either lost or erased. A large number of people were present when (the then) Police Commissioner Vineet Goel visited the crime scene. It was looking like a fish market. Those seen at the crime scene must be punished," she alleged.

The case pertains to a 31-year-old trainee doctor who was found dead in the seminar hall of the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, 2024. The trainee doctor was allegedly killed after being raped.

A court in West Bengal's Kolkata is expected to deliver the first verdict in the case pertaining to the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor inside state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital.