Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested in Odisha on Thursday over allegedly ‘hastily cremating’ the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital two years ago, police said.
The development comes after a direction issued by West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari two days earlier, when he attended an event marking the second death anniversary of the doctor and asked the police to file a separate case examining the circumstances of the cremation.
Adhikari had raised questions about the cremation, including the alleged waiver of the cremation fee and the lack of signatures from the victim’s family members on the relevant documents.
“The role of Ghosh, Dey and Mukherjee in the cremation needs to be investigated. I have ordered the registration of a new case separately, apart from the court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). I have asked the Barrackpore Police Commissioner to take necessary steps in this regard,” he had said on August 8.
More details awaited.
