Kolkata rape-murder case: SC raps police for probe 'lapses'
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Kolkata rape-murder case: SC raps police for probe 'lapses'

New Delhi, 22 August The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday tore into the Kolkata Police over the delay in registering the unnatural death of the woman doctor, who was raped and killed at the RG Kar Hospital, calling it "extremely disturbing", and questioned the sequence of events and the timing of its procedural formalities.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the case, a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud heard the matter after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the West Bengal government submitted their status report in the case.

Appearing on behalf of the CBI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta alleged that the scene of crime was altered before the CBI entered the probe on the fifth day from the date of the incident.

He alleged that the authorities told the parents that it was suicide but later, it was classified as unnatural death.

Mehta added that senior doctors at the RG Kar Hospital as well as the victim's colleagues asked for videography, which meant that they felt that there was a cover up.

"The (victim's) father insists on the norms for protests, rights of protesters retaries of all states and Director Mamata writes to PM Modi, demands stringent rape laws West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (pictured) on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding stringent central legislation with exemplary punishment for perpetrators of rape, a senior official said.

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