“She was a bright and sincere student who always wanted to do something new” — This is how seniors of the 31-year-old doctor raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital remember her.
The case has sent shockwaves across the country, with the medical fraternity taking to the streets to oppose the attacks on medical personnel.
Trying to come to terms with the horrors of the case, the doctor’s seniors said they were sure she would rise to the top in the profession.
Hasan Mushtaq, who was senior to the victim and from the same department, told News18 that she was a competent doctor. “She was very bright. In fact, she was better than us. She always wanted to do something new. We used to say she will rise to the top. I am unable to sleep, eat or do anything.”
Recollecting the day when he heard the news, Mushtaq said: “One of our seniors from the department came rushing and asked me if I had heard the news. He looked shocked and just said two words — death and her name. I thought some patient had died by suicide and went inside the seminar room to check since I saw some PGTs were there who were crying. They pointed me to the direction where a body was lying on a make-shift bed. I could not see the face as it was covered with a bedsheet. I was shattered and shocked beyond belief.”
Safikul Alam, another senior, said the main motive was to bring the culprits to book. “We are in a state of shock. She was an extraordinary worker and never had problems with hard work. We would tell her that she would become the best doctor.”
LATEST IN THE CASE
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the case, re-registering the FIR of the Kolkata Police. The experts are likely to go through the autopsy report and analyse its videography, if any, besides visiting the crime scene where the body was found.
The medics at RG Kar, AIIMS, Indira Gandhi Hospital and other resident doctors’ associations, including the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA), said on Tuesday that their stir would continue until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution found.
The body of the postgraduate trainee was found on Friday morning and the preliminary autopsy report suggested that the doctor was sexually abused and murdered. It stated that the victim was bleeding from her eyes, mouth and private parts. There were also injuries on her left leg, neck, right hand, ring finger and lips.
The Kolkata Police had arrested 33-year-old Sanjoy Roy who joined the Kolkata Police as a civic volunteer in 2019. The police had alleged that he was married at least four times and was a known “womaniser”.
The accused, who is a trained boxer, got close to a few senior police officers over the years, following which he was moved to the Kolkata Police Welfare Board and posted at the police outpost at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where the incident occurred.
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