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Victim’s parent says ‘hope for justice’ has been revived arsenic bureau steps up probe into cremation-related allegations
Former Trinamool Congress MLA from Panihati Nirmal Ghosh was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) successful transportation with the rape and execution of a 31-year-old nonmigratory doc astatine R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital successful August 2024.
The improvement comes a small implicit a period aft the victim’s mother, Ratna Debnath, present a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Panihati, moved a Sealdah tribunal connected May 13 seeking the apprehension of Mr. Ghosh, section Trinamool Congress councillor Sanjib Mukhopadhyay, and different enactment functionary, Somnath Das.
Officials said Mr. Ghosh was questioned implicit allegations made by the victim’s household that helium and his associates had attempted to hasten the cremation of the victim’s assemblage to forestall a 2nd autopsy. The household has besides alleged that the cremation was carried retired without the indispensable documents being handed implicit to them.
On Wednesday (June 17, 2026), a CBI squad besides visited the crematorium wherever the unfortunate was cremated.
Reacting to the development, Ms. Debnath said her “hope for justice” for her girl had been revived with the CBI becoming much progressive successful the case.
“We were astatine Tala constabulary presumption connected August 10, 2024, waiting for a 2nd autopsy connected my daughter’s body. But my neighbour abruptly called maine saying that Mr. Ghosh, Mr. Das, and Mr. Mukhopadhyay had already taken her assemblage backmost to our location and are preparing to instrumentality her to the crematorium arsenic soon arsenic possible. When we reached there, they besides called the past DCP (North) Indira Mukherjee and offered america immoderate wealth successful beforehand of her. My hubby refused to instrumentality that money,” she said.
She besides alleged that the 3 Trinamool Congress leaders aboriginal started pressurising the household and took the assemblage to the crematorium without the family’s consent.
“Heavy constabulary unit was deployed crossed some my location and the crematorium. When we reached there, the assemblage was each acceptable to beryllium cremated. I couldn’t adjacent spot my daughter’s look properly. Mr. Ghosh and Mr. Mukhopadhyay were contiguous determination till the cremation was over,” Ms. Debnath said, demanding the contiguous apprehension of the 3 leaders for allegedly attempting to tamper with grounds successful the case.
Earlier, connected September 23, 2024, Mr. Ghosh was besides questioned by the CBI implicit the aforesaid allegations aft a doc who was portion of the victim’s autopsy squad claimed that 1 of Mr. Ghosh’s associates had identified himself arsenic the victim’s uncle and directed that the cremation process beryllium expedited.
