Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested in Odisha on Thursday in reference to the alleged “hurried cremation” of the physician who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital in 2024, police mentioned.
Ghosh, who represented Panihati, was arrested on costs of destroying proof, legal conspiracy and forcing an individual to hold out an act towards their will, information company PTI reported citing police.
The arrest got here after the sufferer’s father filed a recent grievance on the Khardaha police station on Monday. He alleged that Ghosh was one among three individuals who had pressured the “hurried cremation” of his daughter’s physique.
Bengal CM ordered recent probe
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had ordered the Barrackpore Police Commissioner to conduct a recent probe into the alleged hasty cremation whereas attending a memorial programme for the sufferer in Panihati on Sunday.
“The function of Ghosh, Dey and Mukherjee within the cremation must be investigated. I’ve ordered the registration of a brand new case individually, aside from the court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). I’ve requested the Barrackpore Police Commissioner to take essential steps on this regard,” he had mentioned on August 8.
RG Kar rape-murder case
The 31-year-old postgraduate trainee physician was discovered useless in a seminar room at RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital on August 9, 2024.
Investigators later discovered that she had been raped and murdered the earlier evening.
Police mentioned her physique was taken to a crematorium in Panihati, the place it was allegedly cremated in haste after being moved forward of two different our bodies ready within the queue.
The BJP authorities within the state has additionally been raised over the signatures on the paperwork granting consent for the cremation. Police mentioned the signatures have been allegedly these of neighbours somewhat than the sufferer’s dad and mom or different relations.
The CBI is individually probing the rape and homicide case after the investigation was transferred from the Kolkata Police. One individual has been convicted within the case, which remains to be pending earlier than the Calcutta excessive courtroom.
