Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College Case To Be Re-Investigated: Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College case to be re-investigated, High Court directs CBI

By Samira Vishwas On May 22, 2026

New Delhi. There will be a re-investigation in the case of rape and murder of a resident trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. Calcutta High Court has given this order while hearing the petition filed by the victim’s family. The court has directed to constitute a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the leadership of Joint Director (Eastern Zone) of CBI and has sought the investigation report by June 25. In fact, the victim’s family alleges that the evidence was tampered with after the incident and due to this the case could not be investigated impartially.

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RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case has been reopened in the High Court and a team of 3 members has been formed. pic.twitter.com/Z65ilQ5sfH
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On the appeal of the victim’s family, the court has directed the CBI to investigate afresh the entire incident from the victim’s dinner to her last rites on the night of the incident. The court made it clear that the SIT has to investigate whether there was really an attempt to influence the investigation by tampering with the evidence. The court said that this case is not limited to just one crime, but it also involves the question of transparency of the justice process and public trust.

Convict Sanjay Roy in red circle (file photo)

Let us tell you that on August 9, 2024, the body of a trainee doctor was found in the seminar hall on the third floor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. It was claimed that she was murdered after rape. This matter had gained prominence across the country and junior doctors of government hospitals in many states had gone on a long strike. The then Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had constituted an SIT to investigate the case, later the Calcutta High Court handed over the investigation of the case to the CBI. On January 20, 2024, the Sealdah Court had convicted the accused Sanjay Roy and sentenced him to life imprisonment till death.