KOLKATA: A person wearing a purple T-shirt in a leaked video of the crime scene on Aug 9 that went public on Friday and led to clarification from police sparked a fierce row with the state chapter of Indian Medical Affiliation claiming the person in purple to be a member of the notorious “North Bengal foyer” who had no enterprise being on the crime scene and Kolkata Police insisting he’s a fingerprint professional and therefore was a part of the investigating crew.
Docs who’re members of the Bengal department of IMA mentioned the person within the purple tee who was seen near the physique of the deceased physician within the video taken in convention room – the crime scene – on Aug 9 was that of Avik De, one of many medical doctors named as an influential member of the ‘well being syndicate’ run by a robust ‘North Bengal foyer’. Docs throughout the board have been demanding its dismantling for nearly a fortnight.
Proper after the leaked video surfaced on Friday, agitating junior medical doctors and fogeys of the 31-year-old had raised questions concerning the man within the purple T-shirt. Following this, Kolkata Police had at a press convention on Friday night and recognized all individuals, together with the person in purple who cops mentioned was a fingerprint professional.
On Saturday, IMA members countered the police declare: “When did Dr Avik De turn out to be a fingerprint professional as acknowledged by Kolkata Police?” IMA Bengal additional questioned De’s presence on the crime scene as he was not even a part of R G Kar Medical Faculty.
Junior medical doctors, from day one, have been crying foul over presence of many people on the crime scene who have been neither R G Kar Medical Faculty officers, nor police.
De, a primary 12 months PGT usually surgical procedure at IPGMER, can be a member of the West Bengal Medical Council. An alumnus of North Bengal Medical Faculty, his identify and {photograph} seem prominently within the listing of the so known as ‘North Bengal foyer’ in posters that got here up in varied medical faculties a few week in the past. In a while that day, De was additionally seen behind the DME on the R G Kar campus when he later briefed the media.
“DC Central Madam/CBI should reidentify this man in purple shirt and probe what he was doing within the crime scene,” mentioned a press release from IMA West Bengal.
Kolkata Police on Saturday reiterated its declare that the person within the purple shirt was a fingerprint professional. “We stand firmly with no matter we acknowledged on Friday. We’re not liable to reply for everybody sporting a purple shirt or T-shirt and who may current on the seminar corridor on Aug 9 until they’ve entered the restricted space which we had cordoned off. We’re, nevertheless, accountable for our probe crew and have already recognized every one current within the footage,” mentioned an officer who has led the probe for KP. Lalbazar didn’t put out an official assertion on Saturday. “Anybody not glad with our explanations can take the footage to the CBI or any court docket of legislation. We’ll welcome any unbiased probe into our function. We shall be selective in our response in order to not impede the probe,” mentioned a supply.
TOI tried to contact De however discovered his quantity unreachable whereas messages to him weren’t answered. Sources in IPGMER, the place De is pursuing his PG, mentioned he has not been seen on campus since Wednesday.
