'Ask Mamata Whose Advice She Takes,' Says Kolkata Rape-Murder Victim's Lawyer

Kolkata: Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who is representing RG Kar Hospital's rape-murder case victim's family in the court, has said that one should ask Mamata Banerjee whose advices she takes and on whose advice she speaks. 

Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya responded to media queries when he was asked that Mamata Banerjee was demanding capital punishment for the accused.

He was briefing the media after meeting victim's family.

After meeting the family of the RG Kar rape-murder case victim, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “I asked them about their well-being... There was nothing political in it... Ask her (Mamata Banerjee) whose advice she takes and at whose advice she speaks...”

CBI Grills RG Kar Hospital's Former Principal Sandip Ghosh   

On Friday, the CBI summoned former principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh for the 14th consecutive day for questioning in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in the early hours of August 9.

Ghosh, officials said, has already been quizzed by the agency for over 140 hours.

Besides the gruesome crime, Ghosh is also under the agency’s lens in the financial misconduct case at the hospital in which the sleuths have already registered an FIR against him and other entities.

Agency officials also searched and questioned the former principal at his residence last Sunday.

Ghosh was seen walking inside the CGO Complex in Salt Lake, which houses the agency’s eastern regional headquarters, at around 10.45 am.

On Thursday, multiple CBI teams visited the state-run RG Kar hospital as part of its ongoing investigations.

The first of the three teams from the agency's Nizam Palace office probing the alleged financial irregularities reached the hospital morgue to inquire about its infrastructure, protocols involved in preserving dead bodies and conducting post-mortems, a CBI official said.

The five-member team spoke to hospital doctors and staff, including the head of forensic department and current vice principal, Dr Saptarshi Chatterjee, for further clarifications on the issues.

With inputs from PTI

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