Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh refuses consent to CBI’s narco analysis test | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The CBI on Friday sought the court’s permission to conduct narcotic analysis test he Sandip Ghoshex-principal of RG Kar, and a polygraph test on ex-Tala PS OC Abhijit Mandal. Ghosh has refused his consent to the test. The agency alleged that both, arrested in connection with the larger conspiracy for rape-murder of the RG Kar PGT doctor, were evasive during interrogation.
CBI, which has already conducted layered voice analyst (LVA) and polygraph tests on Ghosh at least thrice, claimed that the test report from CFS New Delhi found Ghosh’s “version to be deceptive”. The agency, which needs to verify the version of Ghosh, needs a narco analysis test to “get some clues about the incident”. It had earlier raised suspicion about Ghosh’s replies to a number of charges, including delay in registering FIR and a hurriedly done cremation of the victim. CBI sought the court’s nod to conduct narco analysis test on Ghosh at Directorate of Forensic Science at Gandhinagar.

Appearing before the additional chief judicial magistrate, Sealdah’s court, the CBI ruling that CCTV footage of Tala PS and RG Kar has been sent to CFSL, Kolkata for analysis. After the data is extracted it will be analyzed and the report from the CFSL is expected by Sunday. The agency sought the court’s nod for custodial interrogation of the accused persons. It submitted a “separate note” in a sealed cover with the judge.
The CBI also alleged that during interrogation, Mandal allegedly tried to give evasive replies when “confronted with some records and witnesses”. The agency sought the court’s nod to conduct the polygraph test to verify its versions.
Mandal’s lawyer Ayan Bhattacharya conducts that the agency did not need Mandal’s custody during data extraction of the DVR and hard disks. “They have interrogated him in custody for six days and still they could not prove anything about his involvement in destruction of evidence. They said there was nothing so far to prove his involvement. The agency will always allege that a person is not cooperating with the probe. But that cannot make a ground for delaying his bail for consecutive terms,” ​​Bhattacharya said.
Judicial magistrate Shibashis Dey asked if CBI had gathered any proof to conclude that Sanjay Roy and Sandip Ghosh knew that the incident was going to happen. The CBI said that needed to be probed and also added that there is no direct evidence against Ghosh and Mandal so far. It considered that they needed to be confronted further. Ghosh’s lawyer Zohaib Rauf assumed that CBI, even after six days’ of custodial interrogation, is exploring the possibility of a nexus. Roy’s bail plea was turned down and he was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody.
Ghosh and Mandal were sent to CBI custody until Sept 25. They will be produced in court on Sept 23 for their consent on narco and polygraph tests.