NEW DELHI: A local court in Kolkata on Sunday remanded former RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal to CBI custody until September 17. The central agency had produced both individuals before the court in connection to the rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run hospital. "We have got their custody for three days till September 17.
Now, both will be questioned together. The duo has played vital roles in the RG Kar case," a CBI officer informed PTI. The CBI arrested Ghosh and Mondal on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the destruction of evidence in the Kolkata rape-murder case.
This development occurred shortly after protesting doctors returned from a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee without reaching a resolution, prolonging the impasse. The Calcutta high court had ordered a CBI investigation into the rape and murder of a junior doctor on the hospital grounds. The court has set a deadline of September 17 for the CBI to submit a progress report on the case.
During questioning by CBI officers on Saturday, Mondal failed to provide satisfactory answers, leading to his arrest. The CBI claimed in court that there could be a larger conspiracy at play and that both Ghosh and Mondal had played crucial roles in the crime. The two were in communication with each other, and Ghosh allegedly instructed Mondal on how to proceed with the rape-murder case.
Despite being informed about the doctor's death around 10 am on Augus.