‘CBI Has Not Done Its Job Properly’: RG Kar Doctor’s Father Questions Probe After Supreme Court Grants Bail to Sandip Ghosh

The father of the doctor raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has questioned the CBI’s handling of the investigation after the Supreme Court granted bail to former hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in a financial irregularities case.

Reacting to the Supreme Court granting bail to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh, the RG Kar rape and murder victim’s father, Shekhar Ranjan Debnath, said, “The Supreme Court has already delivered its decision. The CBI has not done its job properly, which is why court hearings are not progressing quickly. The accused was kept in jail for two years, but was granted bail after that.”

He said the government could not be held directly responsible for the outcome, as the CBI was an independent investigating agency.

Why Sandip Ghosh Was in Custody

Ghosh was arrested amid widespread protests following the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024.

He approached the Supreme Court after a special CBI court rejected his bail applications and the Calcutta High Court dismissed his petition, PTI reported.

A Sealdah court granted him bail in the rape and murder case in December 2024 after the CBI failed to file a chargesheet within the mandatory 90-day period. However, he remained in custody in connection with the separate financial irregularities case.

The Supreme Court’s latest order granted him bail in that case, prompting renewed questions from the victim’s family and doctors over the CBI’s investigation and the pace of the proceedings.

The victim’s mother, Ratna Debnath, is now a BJP MLA.

Doctors Demand Answers Over CBI Investigation

The Supreme Court decision triggered criticism from doctors associated with the movement seeking justice for the murdered doctor.

Dr Aniket Mahato, prominent figure in the movement, described the development as deeply distressing for those who had taken to the streets and continued to pursue the case.

Mahato alleged that the CBI had failed to make adequate progress in the financial irregularities investigation. Speaking to ABP Ananda, he claimed that the agency had listed 147 people as witnesses but had examined only seven over the past two years.

He accused the agency of incompetence and alleged that the prolonged proceedings had weakened the case..