Kolkata: The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will conduct a polygraph test on former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and four other doctors in connection with the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at the hospital on August 9.
They were on duty when the incident took place.
A special court in Kolkata granted the CBI permission to hold a polygraph test on Thursday. The lie detection test can only be conducted after obtaining the court’s permission and the suspect’s consent.
The agency has also sought the polygraph test on the main accused, Sanjay Roy.
The trainee doctor was raped and murdered inside a seminar hall of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
The crime took place on the third-floor seminar hall of the chest department late at night, and police later said multiple lacerations and wounds were found on her body. The crime has sparked widespread outrage and led to protests within and beyond the medical community.
Resident doctor associations in most government hospitals across India have been protesting against the brutal rape and murder of the trainee doctor for the last 11 days. As result all elective services, including OPDs, non-emergency surgeries, diagnostics, among other services, were halted.
