More chilling details have emerged in the rape and murder of the trainee doctor in Kolkata, with the post-mortem report indicating that the accused had hit her so hard that the glasses of her spectacles shattered, shards piercing her eyes.
The 31-year-old post-graduate trainee, who was working at the city’s renowned state government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was raped and murdered inside a seminar hall in the institution and her body was found on Friday morning. Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer working with the Kolkata Police, has been arrested for the crime.
The post-mortem report, which was handed over to the family of the trainee doctor by the Kolkata Police on Monday, revealed that she had suffered several injuries. Cuts were found on her hands and face.
The report states that shards of glass from the spectacles likely caused the eye injuries that were found on her body.
“Homicidal injuries are antemortem in nature with indication of sexual penetration,” the report stated. This means that the wounds were inflicted on the trainee doctor while she was still alive and injuries on her private parts indicated that she was raped.
After savagely hurting and sexually assaulting her, the accused killed the trainee doctor by throttling and smothering her. The report estimates the time of death to be between 3 and 5 am on Friday.
The police have said that after the murder, Sanjoy Roy – who was not associated with the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, but frequented it – went home and slept in late. Officials told news agency PTI that he washed the clothes he was wearing to destroy evidence and that his shoes, with blood stains on them, were found during a search.
Protests
The horrific crime has sparked widespread protests and doctors in several cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, have said all elective services will be halted till the investigation into the case is complete.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday set a deadline for the Kolkata Police to solve the case, warning that the investigation will be handed over to the CBI if other accused, if any, are not arrested by then.
“If there are more accused… and all are not arrested by Sunday… we will hand over the case to the CBI, even though their success rate is low,” the chief minister said after meeting the victim’s family.
The Kolkata Police had said they are certain any other culprits would be arrested in the next four to five days.
“We are in touch with family members. We will stay in touch and share progress with them. If, even after that, the family is not satisfied then whatever madam (Chief Minister Banerjee) has said will happen,” Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal said.
