Kolkata: Eighty-seven days after the physique of a lady medic was found at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a metropolis court docket on Monday framed prices towards the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, who claimed he has been framed. The court docket introduced that day-to-day trial would start from November 11.
Roy has been booked below Part 64 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Part 66 (which pertains to punishment for inflicting demise or leading to a persistent vegetative state) and 103 (punishment for homicide).
“I’ve executed nothing. I’ve been framed on this rape-murder case. No one is listening to me. The federal government is framing me and threatening me to not open my mouth,” Roy informed reporters as he was led out of the court docket.
In its preliminary charge-sheet submitted final month, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recognized Roy because the “sole prime accused” within the case.
The CBI’s charge-sheet additionally acknowledged the opportunity of a “larger conspiracy” behind the crime.
On August 9, the physique of the on-duty girl medic was discovered within the seminar corridor of RG Kar hospital, prompting junior medical doctors throughout West Bengal to go on a ‘cease-work’ protest demanding justice for the sufferer.