Kolkata Police on Sunday summoned TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, hours after he demanded that the CBI interrogate Kolkata Police commissioner and former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Roy had earlier in the day called upon the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to act fairly and demanded the custodial interrogation of former principal of the medical establishment and the CP to know "who and why floated the suicide story".
"CBI must act fairly. Custodial interrogation of former Principal and Police Commissioner is a must to know who and why floated suicide story," the TMC MP wrote in a social media post.
Roy also questioned the demolition work on the fourth floor of the state-run hospital, where the seminar hall in which the crime took place, and asked who patronised Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer who was arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of the woman postgraduate trainee.
Kolkata Police asked Roy to appear before its officers at its headquarters on Sunday for allegedly posting wrong information regarding the incident, a police source said.
"He has been asked to come to Lalbazar. This is related to some of his posts on social networking sites," he said.
Asked if the summons had anything to do with Roy's comment on the CP, the source declined to reply but said that the TMC MP had, a couple of days back, made a comment on sniffer dogs being taken to RG Kar MCH by Kolkata Police during their investigation into the doctor's death.
"Why sniffer dog used after 3 days. 100s of such questions. Make them speak," the MP urged the central agency, which was handed over the probe by the Calcutta High Court from the Kolkata Police on August 13.
The parents of the deceased woman doctor claimed that they were informed over the phone on August 9 morning that their daughter died by suicide at the hospital, where she worked.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has stated that no one from the police force had called up the parents to say that their daughter died by suicide.
Former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh was interrogated by the CBI for long hours on Friday, Saturday as well as on Sunday in connection with their probe into the doctor's death.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh opposed the demands made by Roy, claiming that the police commissioner has diligently done everything necessary since the crime was reported.
"His (Roy's) protest against the crime is right, but I vehemently oppose his demands," Ghosh said.
The Congress party said that it was commendable that Roy protested alleged cover-up attempts in the gruesome crime.
"I thank Sukhendu Sekhar Roy for his stand despite being in the ruling party," Congress state spokesperson Saumya Aich Roy said.
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty, stating that the Left party has been making the same demands as Roy for several days now, said that Roy, as a veteran leader, is able to "read the writing on the wall."
Questions asked by the TMC MP
- Why is Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal not being interrogated?
- Why was the demolition work carried out on the fourth floor of the hospital, where the crime took place?
- Who and why floated the suicide story?
- Who patronised Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer arrested in connection with the case?
- Why were sniffer dogs used after 3 days of the crime being reported?
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