Calcutta HC orders setting up SIT of CBI to probe hushing up charges in R G Kar rape-murder case
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the establishment of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College. This decision follows allegations of evidence destruction and attempts to downplay the incident. The SIT is tasked with investigating the events surrounding the case from the night of the crime until the victim's cremation.
- ▪The Calcutta High Court ordered a three-member SIT of the CBI to investigate the R G Kar rape-murder case.
- ▪The SIT will focus on allegations of evidence destruction and attempts to hush up the incident.
- ▪The court has directed the SIT to file a comprehensive report by June 25.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Calcutta HC to CBI: Set up SIT to probe RG Kar probe lapses & 'hush-up' bid — Times of India — Top
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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) ordered setting up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI to probe the developments from the time the R G Kar Medical College's trainee doctor had dinner on the night of August 2024 to her cremation.The young medic was raped and murdered in the hospital on the night of August 9, 2024, which caused an uproar in the State as well as among the doctors' community across the country. West Bengal government suspends three IPS officers for ‘mishandling’ R. G.
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