Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh Arrested Over Alleged Hasty Cremation Of RG Kar Rape-Murder Victim

Former Trinamool Congress member Nirmal Ghosh was arrested on Thursday in Odisha in connection with the alleged hastily cremation of the junior doctor who was raped and killed at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August of last year.

The arrest has been made days after West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari had asked the police to take a case to probe the circumstances of the victim’s cremation.

The case centers on issues of how the victim’s last rites were administered after she died. The allegations are that the cremation was rushed through and that some of the procedures may not have been adhered to.

At an event on August 8 to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the doctor’s death, Adhikari had questioned the cremation. He raised issues such as the waiver of the cremation fee and the lack of signatures on the relevant documents by members of the victim’s family.

“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.

Earlier, the chief minister had stated that the allegations against Nirmal Ghosh, Dey and Mukherjee should be investigated.

The state government has directed the police to conduct an independent investigation into the cremation allegations, apart from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder case, the report said.

The Barrackpore Police Commissioner was asked to take action in the new case. The allegations of the cremation will be separately investigated and the arrest does not prove the person’s guilt. The facts and the parties involved in the case will be established during the investigation and in court during the necessary proceedings.