'Nexus Between' Sandip Ghosh And SHO Abhijit Mondol: CBI's Probe Plan In Doctor's Murder Case

'Nexus Between' Sandip Ghosh And SHO Abhijit Mondol: CBI's Probe Plan In Doctor's Murder Case

Kolkata: The Sealdah court on Sunday sent former RG Kar Medical College principal Dr Sandip Ghosh and Tala police Station Officer-in-Charge Abhijit Mondol to three-day police custody to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the rape and murder case at the medical college and hospital on August 9. The duo will remain in custody till September 17.

The CBI told the court it obtained call detail records (CDR) between Mondol and Ghosh on the night of the incident and said it all hints at a possible nexus between the two, which they needed to investigate. "We want to confront both of them," the CBI lawyer said.

The lawyer further said Mondol was being treated as a suspect rather than a police officer.

"It was a case of sexual assault, and they should have approached it cautiously. Mondol conspired with others... There is no conflict between the CBI and the police. We just want to uncover the truth. For us, he is not a police officer; he is a suspect," the CBI lawyer added, and accused Mondol of downplaying the case as a suicide and failing in his duties.

"He was obligated to register the FIR. They tried to pass it off as a suicide. There was a clear dereliction of duty. Custodial interrogation of both individuals is necessary," ANI quoted him as saying.

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The defence meanwhile opposed the custody and questioned the grounds on which the two were arrested. "The public prosecutor said he is not an accused but that they need to uncover a nexus... There is no valid ground for arrest here. At most, this is an alleged dereliction of duty," he said.

The central probe agency had arrested Ghosh and Mondol in the RG Kar rape and murder case on Saturday. Ghosh was already in custody for alleged financial irregularities at the hospital that occurred during his tenure.

Multiple protests by doctors were held on Sunday for justice for the victim amid a deadlock between them and the West Bengal government, and a mounting pressure on CM Mamata Banerjee to contain the situation.