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The Central Bureau of Investigation has ruled out the gangrape angle in the death of a Kolkata doctor last month.

 

As per sources, evidence indicates only Sanjay Roy — arrested by the police — was involved in the horrific rape and murder at the city's RG Kar Hospital.

Sources also claimed that the inquiry is in its “final stages” and that the agency will soon file charges.

 

The CBI is under pressure from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who, in turn, is taking fire from political rivals and civil society activists over the gruesome crime. Last week she demanded an update. 

 

“I asked for five days (for the police to probe before she called in the federal agency) but the case was sent to the CBI. It has been 16 days, where is justice?” she asked in Kolkata.

 

It has been learnt that the agency has sent a medical report — with DNA from the accused — to experts at the government-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi.

 

The agency will look to wrap up this inquiry after receiving the doctor’s final opinion on the material.

 

Sources also said the CBI — which has recorded over 100 statements and conducted 10 polygraph tests, including two of ex-hospital chief Dr Sandip Ghosh — has no reason to believe others were involved in raping and murdering the doctor, whose body was found in a hospital room early August 9.

The agency has made three arrests of its own, the biggest of which is RG Kar’s former principal. 

 

However, Dr Ghosh, who was grilled by the CBI over two weeks, was arrested over alleged financial irregularities during his time as chief of the RG Kar Hospital. 

 

Three others were arrested too, including a security guard.

 

This morning the CBI raided Dr Ghosh’s house in Kolkata, again.

 

The CBI is expected to file a status report with the Calcutta High Court on September 17.

 

The RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case triggered protests and dharnas across the country, many of which turned violent, including an incident in Kolkata on August 15, Independence Day, in which a mob stormed the campus and allegedly vandalised the seminar room where the body was found.