R G Kar rape-murder case: Victim's parents withdraw plea for re-investigation filed in Supreme Court

The parents of the victim in the R G Kar College and Hospital rape-murder case in Kolkata have on Wednesday withdrawn the plea for re-investigation they had filed in the Supreme Court, ANI reported.

The case was taken up on Wednesday for hearing.

The apex court asked the parents' lawyer whether the court should proceed with the case or not as a plea has been filed in the Calcutta High Court as well.

The SC also warned the parents' lawyer to be careful with the submissions in the affidavit before the court as there's already a conviction order (against Sanjoy Roy) in the case.

The plea has now been withdrawn with the liberty to file a fresh plea as per the court’s order.

The parents of the R G Kar hospital victim earlier said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot disown the responsibility for the alleged attempt of the police and hospital authorities to destroy evidence of rape and murder of their daughter.

They attempted to shield the “main conspirators” behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed.

The ruling Trinamool Congress has termed the allegations “unfortunate”.

"Everyone - Kolkata Police, the hospital administration and people's representatives from the TMC - played an active role to hush up the ghastly incident so that truth does not come to light,” the deceased medic’s mother told a Bengali TV channel on Friday.

(With PTI inputs)