Trial in RG Kar rape-murder case starts in Kolkata court

The trial in the rape and murder case of a doctor, whose body was found inside the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here, commenced in a Kolkata court on Monday, three months after the incident.

The proceedings were held in-camera at the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das. The father of the victim was also present as a witness, police sources said.

Prime accused Sanjay Roy was brought to the court in the afternoon and the proceedings were held behind closed door. The prime accused, while coming out of the court, claimed that he had been framed by the administration and was not guilty.

“They did not let me speak even today. I’ve done nothing and have been framed,” Roy told reporters while being whisked away. On November 4, when charges were framed against him, he claimed that he is innocent.

Roy has been booked under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (rape), Section 66 (punishment for causing death or resulting in a persistent vegetative state) and 103 (punishment for murder).

Roy was arrested by the Kolkata police on August 10, a day after the on-duty woman doctor’s body was found inside the seminar room of the RG Kar hospital.Later, the CBI took up the investigation into the case on a Calcutta High Court order. The incident sparked an outrage nationwide