Kolkata incident: Trinamool MP moves high court, seeks protection from police action

Kolkata, August 19

Veteran Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who has been issued summons by Kolkata Police twice over his social media post on the rape and murder of a medic here, on Monday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking protection against coercive action including arrest in the matter.

The single-judge bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj has admitted the petition. In the petition, Roy expressed apprehension about being taken into custody any time by the cops.

A social media post by Roy went viral on Sunday morning where he demanded custodial interrogation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and the former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the ghastly rape and murder case.

Shortly after that, he received a notice from Kolkata Police for an appearance for interrogation at the city police's headquarters in central Kolkata. As Ray refused to honour the notice, the city police issued a second notice.

Finally, on Monday morning, he approached the Calcutta High Court seeking protection in the matter.