Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh Arrested Over ‘Hasty Cremation’ Of RG Kar Rape-Murder Victim

Fo me
T i amool
Co g ess
MLA
Ni mal
Ghosh
was
take
i to
custody
i
Odisha
o
Thu sday
i
co ectio
with
a
i vestigatio
i to
the
alleged
hu ied
c ematio
of
the
ju io
docto
who
was
aped
a d
mu de ed
at
Kolkata’s
RG
Ka
Medical
College
a d
Hospital
two
yea s
ago,
police
co fi med.

The
a est
comes
amid
e ewed
sc uti y
of
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
docto ‘s
c ematio .
Autho ities
a e
exami i g
allegatio s
that
the
p ocess
was
co ducted
with
u usual
haste
a d
that
p ocedu al
equi eme ts
may
ot
have
bee
p ope ly
followed.

Police
P obe
C ematio
Ci cumsta ces
Sepa ately

The
latest
case
stems
f om
a
complai t
filed
by
the
victim’s
fathe ,
who
has
alleged
that
the
c ematio
was
ushed
while
Ghosh
was
ove seei g
the
p ocess.

Acco di g
to
the
complai t,
the
u usually
quick
c ematio
may
have
bee
i te ded
to
p eve t
a
seco d
post-mo tem
exami atio
a d
pote tially
elimi ate
evide ce
that
could
have
bee
eleva t
to
the
i vestigatio .

The
allegatio s
have
p ompted
police
to
exami e
the
ci cumsta ces
i
which
the
body
was
take
fo
c ematio ,
the
officials
a d
i dividuals
i volved,
a d
whethe
established
p ocedu es
we e
followed.

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Fo
F esh
I vestigatio
I to
C ematio

The
developme t
followed
ema ks
by
Be gal
Chief
Mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
at
a
eve t
held
to
ma k
the
seco d
death
a ive sa y
of
the
docto .

Adhika i
di ected
the
police
to
i itiate
a
sepa ate
i vestigatio
i to
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
c ematio .
He
aised
questio s
ove
seve al
aspects
of
the
p ocess,
i cludi g
a
alleged
waive
of
the
c ematio
fee
a d
the
abse ce
of
sig atu es
f om
membe s
of
the
victim’s
family
o
docume ts
associated
with
the
c ematio .

The
issues
aised
by
the
chief
mi iste
have
ow
become
pa t
of
a
sepa ate
police
i vestigatio ,
disti ct
f om
the
p obe
i to
the
o igi al
ape
a d
mu de .

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FIR
Names
Two
Mo e
Accused

Ghosh
is
ot
the
o ly
pe so
amed
i
the
case.
The
FIR
egiste ed
by
the
Ba ackpo e
Police
Commissio e ate
also
ide tifies
Som ath
Dey,
a
cou cillo
of
Pa ihati
Mu icipality,
a d
Sa jeev
Mukhe jee,
a
eighbou
of
the
victim’s
family.

Police
officials
co fi med
the
ames
ea lie
this
week
afte
the
complai t
was
egiste ed
at
Kha dah
police
statio .

The
victim’s
fathe
has
alleged
that
all
th ee
i dividuals
we e
i volved
i
the
c ematio
bei g
ca ied
out
hastily.
His
complai t
claims
that
the
ma e
i
which
the
c ematio
was
co ducted
was
aimed
at
e su i g
that
a
seco d
autopsy
could
ot
take
place
a d
that
possible
evide ce
was
ot
p ese ved.

The
allegatio s
a e
ow
subject
to
the
police
i vestigatio ,
a d
the
accused
have
ot
bee
established
guilty
of
the
cha ges
me ely
o
the
basis
of
the
complai t.

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