'Tried to Stop Those Taking Abhaya's Body': CBI Questions CPM's Minakshi Mukherjee as Witness

Kolkata: Minakshi Mukherjee, the CPM leader who claims to have made an attempt to stop those who were taking away Abhaya's body on the day of the incident, has now been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Kolkata Rape and Murder Case, as a witness.

Minakshi Mukherjee Tried to Stop Those Taking Abhaya's Body

Mukherjee had met the parents of the deceased woman medic at the RG Hospital on August 9, hours after her body was recovered from the seminar hall of the medical establishment. The CPI(M) repeatedly claimed that there was resistance to the swift cremation of the doctor's body primarily due to the Left youth leader's efforts.

Mukherjee had met the parents of the deceased woman medic at the RG Hospital on August 9, hours after her body was recovered from the seminar hall of the medical establishment. On the same night, Mukherjee was seen blocking the police hearse, which was carrying the body of the deceased woman doctor from the RG Kar hospital. She had tried to stop those who were taking Abhaya's body and is now being questioned as a witness.

CPM Leader Questioned by CBI as Witness

The state secretary of DYFI, Minakshi Mukherjee, appeared before the CBI's Salt Lake office on Thursday in connection with the investigation into the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is the youth wing of the CPI(M).

"I will cooperate with the CBI officers in every way," Mukherjee said as she arrived at the agency's office following her return from Raiganj in north Bengal early this morning.

(Inputs from PTI)