On Sunday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) performed a polygraph test on Sanjoy Roy, the primary accused in the rape and murder of a woman doctor at Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Medical College. The 33-year-old, a civic volunteer in the Kolkata Police, was taken into custody on August 10, one day after the medic’s body was discovered in the medical college’s seminar hall. People believe that this arrest is nothing more than a ruse to save the actual culprit.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has ramped up its investigation into alleged corruption at RG Kar Medical College, including lie detector tests and thorough searches. According to sources quoted by news agency PTI, Sanjoy Roy, who is now imprisoned in Kolkata’s Presidency Jail, completed a polygraph test that lasted almost four hours.
A team of polygraph specialists from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Delhi was flown in to conduct the tests. The CBI has also performed polygraph tests on numerous other people at its Kolkata headquarters, which adds to the continuing investigation. While the results of these tests cannot be used as evidence in court, they are likely to help the agency expand its investigation.
The agency has already administered polygraph tests to four other people, including Sandip Ghosh, a former principal at RG Kar Medical College. Ghosh is accused of fraud such as utilising unclaimed bodies, selling biological waste, and collecting commissions for tender approvals.
Simultaneously, the CBI searched 15 locations, including those associated to Ghosh. According to sources, a team of seven CBI officers questioned Ghosh at his home from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. the same day. Ghosh took over an hour and a half to open the doors, which delayed the questioning.
In addition to Ghosh, the CBI has questioned the college’s former medical superintendent and vice principal, Sanjay Vashisth, as well as a professor from the forensic medicine department. Officials are focussing on Vashisth’s knowledge of financial violations committed during his term.
An official from the CBI told ANI that substantial evidence was discovered during the searches. “There’s a lot,” the official said, implying that this evidence could be vital in progressing the investigations. The investigation continues as the CBI attempts to unravel the web of alleged corruption at the medical college.