Get Supreme Court, division bench nod for fresh probe: HC to RG Kar victim’s kin | India News

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday advised parents of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim to seek clarification from SC and a division bench of HC regarding hearing of a plea filed by them in the court last week seeking further probe in the case. The issue will be taken up for hearing again on Jan 15.
The parents’ counsel told court they did not have confidence in the current probe led by CBI and appealed HC to order a fresh probe ‘soon’, alleging that all evidence “has disappeared in the name of this investigation”.
However, CBI counsel Rajdeep Majumdar stated that the probe agency had submitted three status reports to SC pursuant to submission of chargesheet. He pointed out that SC and the division bench of HC were in possession of some of the issues associated with the probe.
Taking these submissions into consideration, HC highlighted the “lack of judicial discipline” in the matter and asked the counsel representing the victim’s parents to get clarification before going into the merits of the case. When the parents’ counsel submitted that they were seeking probe into those aspects of the case that have “not been investigated” by CBI, it directed CBI to be made a party in the matter.