CBI gets court's approval to conduct polygraph test of main accused in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

The Central Bureau of Investigation will conduct a polygraph test of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests. This comes a day after the central agency conducted a psychological test on Roy. According to sources, permission has been granted by the court, and the CBI will conduct a polygraph test as soon as possible to expedite the case resolution. There are contradictions in the statements of the main accused, Sanjay Rai and the CBI suspects that he is hiding some truth, which is why a polygraph test will now be conducted on him, they added.

Earlier, a team of psychological and behavioural analysts from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Delhi arrived in Kolkata and conducted the necessary tests on Roy. The CBI has already taken Roy into custody. The parents of the victim doctor have told



the CBI that a few interns and physicians of the same medical establishment were involved in the crime, an officer said. The parents also provided the central agency with the names of those who they suspect to be associated with their daughter's killing in the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Meanwhile, doctors on Monday staged a protest march from Kolkata Medical College to the Police Headquarters in response to police summons to two senior physicians, Dr Kunal Sarkar and Dr Subarna Goswami. Kolkata Police had summoned senior doctors to the police headquarters in Lalbazar in connection with their public comments on the recent rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor. While speaking to the media, Dr Goswami described the summons as "baseless" and stated that his lawyers, colleagues, and fellow doctors would accompany him to the police headquarters.