The state, however, raised questions about the legitimacy of the case. Senior Advocate Kalyan Banerjee, representing the West Bengal government, argued that the victim’s family had earlier requested the court for a more detailed investigation. It has not been disposed of yet. He also claimed that this new application was an attempt to attract media attention.Justice Ghosh said that if the state wanted, it could join the case pending in the lower court as a party and give its statement. However, the investigating agency CBI said that they had no objection if the victim’s family wanted to visit the crime spot and the areas around it.Last August, a young doctor was raped and murdered in the emergency building of RG Kar Hospital. Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer of the Kolkata Police, was arrested in the incident. The CBI took over the investigation of the incident on the orders of the Calcutta High Court. They took the civic volunteer arrested by the Kolkata Police into custody. The CBI submitted a charge sheet in the ACJM Sealdah court. In the chargesheet Sanjay’s name only appeared as an accused. The ACJM Sealdah court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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