RG Kar Victim's Parents Yet To Receive Death Certificate

Kolkata: The parents of the PG female doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year, have stated that they have still not received a copy of the death certificate of their daughter.

The body of the victim was recovered from a seminar hall within the premises of the state-run institution early on August 9 last year.

The victim's parents have alleged that they have been unable to get the death certificate till now as the RG Kar and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities are shifting the responsibility onto each other, news agency IANS reported.

According to them, the KMC authorities are claiming that since the "place of death" is RG Kar, it is the responsibility of the hospital authorities to provide the death certificate.

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On the other, the RG Kar authorities claim that if a patient dies within the hospital premises or is even brought dead to the hospital, the death certificate will have to be provided by the KMC authorities, the parents added.

The victim's parents have further claimed that although they have not got a copy of the death certificate, it has been mentioned in the court documents, as per the statement of a medical officer attached to RG Kar.

They now say if the death certificate is mentioned in the court documents, why was a copy of the certificate not handed over to them?

Last week, a special court in Kolkata, which had convicted and sentenced civic volunteer Sanjay Roy in the rape and murder case, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a fresh progress report on its investigation in the matter on February 24.

Since the special court has already pronounced the sentence for the convict in the main crime of rape and murder, legal circles feel that the fresh progress report will be related to the angle of tampering with the evidence in the case.

It is learnt that the special court had directed the CBI to submit a fresh progress report following a complaint filed by the counsel of the victim's family accusing the central agency of not updating the court on the progress of investigation in the matter periodically, reports IANS.

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