KOLKATA: A key facet of the continued CBI investigation into the rape and homicide of a postgraduate resident physician at RG Kar Medical School includes the 53 objects seized by Kolkata police, together with “9 incriminating articles” discovered on prime accused Sanjay Roy, corresponding to the garments, undergarments, and sandals he was sporting in the course of the crime.
The stock consists of essential digital proof corresponding to cellphone tower areas, which positioned Roy on the crime scene in the course of the assault within the hospital’s seminar corridor on Aug 9.Roy’s bike and helmet had been additionally confiscated as proof.
CBI sources stated Saturday that forensic reviews, anticipated in batches over the approaching days, will likely be vital to the case. Of explicit significance are the 40 displays collected by the state forensic science laboratory from the crime scene between 8.30pm and 10.45pm on Aug 9. All the course of was documented on video within the presence of native witnesses, together with medical doctors.
The extraction of information from Roy’s cloned cell phone, which was carried out in court docket by consultants beneath the supervision of a Justice of the Peace, is one other piece of significant digital proof. CCTV footage from two hospital cameras – quantity 8 and quantity 16 – additionally exhibits Roy on the premises, which will likely be submitted as a part of the case.
Additional proof was gathered on the crime scene by fingerprint and footprint consultants from the detective division’s scientific wing. The medical report on Roy, detailing accidents on his left cheek, left hand, and the again of his left thigh, will likely be used as proof of his involvement.
Roy’s blood samples, collected to be matched with these discovered on the crime scene, may even be vital to the forensic evaluation.
A requisition was made to Kolkata police visitors management room and a nationalised financial institution within the metropolis’s Shyambazar locality for the preservation of CCTV footage related to the case. This footage will likely be included within the digital proof that CBI plans to submit with its cost sheet in court docket, sources within the central company stated.
