KOLKATA, Aug 12: The father of the deceased doctor of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday wrote to the Kolkata Police Commissioner alleging that the assault on his wife “by police personnel”
This allegedly happened during the march to the state secretariat on August 9 was “pre-planned”.
The police, however, said they did not have any video or photographic evidence to confirm that she was assaulted on that day by a member of the force, and requested the media to provide one if they have it.
In an email to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, the father also alleged that he faced “extreme harassment” as he was asked by officers to approach one police station after another, when he tried to lodge an FIR in connection with the assault.
The march was called by the parents to mark one year of the rape and murder of their daughter inside the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for her.
While people from various walks of life responded to the call and joined the march by the thousands, the state’s Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, also participated in the rally along with BJP leaders and MLAs, forgoing party flags.
“The assault on my wife on August 9 was pre-planned. My wife could have died in that. I had to face extreme harassment when I tried to file an FIR through email with the Kolkata Police,” the father told PTI when contacted.
The alleged police excesses in Park Street in central Kolkata left the mother of the victim hospitalised with a head injury. (PTI)
