CBI questions former Trinamool MLA in R.G. Kar rape and murder case

Sufferer’s mom says ‘hope for justice’ has been revived as company steps up investigation into cremation-related allegations

Former Trinamool Congress MLA from Panihati Nirmal Ghosh was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (June 18, 2026) in reference to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident physician at R.G. Kar Medical School and Hospital in August 2024.

The event comes just a little over a month after the sufferer’s mom, Ratna Debnath, now a Bharatiya Janata Occasion MLA from Panihati, moved a Sealdah court docket on Might 13 looking for the arrest of Mr. Ghosh, native Trinamool Congress councillor Sanjib Mukhopadhyay, and one other celebration functionary, Somnath Das.

Officers mentioned Mr. Ghosh was questioned over allegations made by the sufferer’s household that he and his associates had tried to hasten the cremation of the sufferer’s physique to stop a second post-mortem. The household has additionally alleged that the cremation was carried out with out the required paperwork being handed over to them.

On Wednesday (June 17, 2026), a CBI crew additionally visited the crematorium the place the sufferer was cremated.

Reacting to the event, Ms. Debnath mentioned her “hope for justice” for her daughter had been revived with the CBI turning into extra energetic in the case.

“We had been at Tala police station on August 10, 2024, ready for a second post-mortem on my daughter’s physique. However my neighbour all of a sudden known as me saying that Mr. Ghosh, Mr. Das, and Mr. Mukhopadhyay had already taken her physique again to our house and are making ready to take her to the crematorium as quickly as attainable. After we reached there, in addition they known as the then DCP (North) Indira Mukherjee and supplied us some cash in entrance of her. My husband refused to take that cash,” she mentioned.

She additionally alleged that the three Trinamool Congress leaders later began pressurising the household and took the physique to the crematorium with out the household’s consent.

“Heavy police pressure was deployed throughout each my home and the crematorium. After we reached there, the physique was all set to be cremated. I couldn’t even see my daughter’s face correctly. Mr. Ghosh and Mr. Mukhopadhyay had been current there until the cremation was over,” Ms. Debnath mentioned, demanding the quick arrest of the three leaders for allegedly making an attempt to tamper with proof in the case.

Earlier, on September 23, 2024, Mr. Ghosh was additionally questioned by the CBI over the identical allegations after a physician who was a part of the sufferer’s post-mortem crew claimed that one among Mr. Ghosh’s associates had recognized himself because the sufferer’s uncle and directed that the cremation course of be expedited.