{"id":245887,"date":"2024-08-18T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=245887"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:38:09","slug":"seminar-room-at-r-g-kar-hospital-the-crime-scene-was-not-impacted-by-the-midnight-violence-after-kolkata-rape-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/seminar-room-at-r-g-kar-hospital-the-crime-scene-was-not-impacted-by-the-midnight-violence-after-kolkata-rape-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar room at R G Kar Hospital – the crime scene – was not impacted by the midnight violence after Kolkata rape & murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor<\/a> (a postgraduate trainee at the pulmonary medicine department) at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, several theories have surfaced in public discourse about the circumstances in which she was killed. The body of the young doctor was found in the seminar room on the third floor of the emergency building of the hospital on the morning of August 9. Before the investigation was handed over to the CBI on August 13, Sanjay Roy (31), a civic volunteer, was arrested<\/a> by Kolkata Police as the prime suspect in the alleged crime.<\/p>\n

On the intervening night of August 14 and 15, even as large crowds gathered at various prime locations<\/a> in Kolkata to protest against the horrific crime and seek justice, miscreants barged into the R G Kar hospital<\/a> premises after midnight, damaged property and pelted stones at the police personnel. At least 30 people have been arrested<\/a> in this case at the time of this article being written.<\/p>\n

Soon after, the claim that the seminar room had been vandalized to destroy crucial evidence in the case started doing the rounds on social media. This correspondent received a screenshot of a WhatsApp group chat among doctors at 1.48 am on August 15 when the vandalism was still on. One person in the chat says, “The seminar room is probably burnt”. Another participant confirms this saying, “Yes. Completely”. The screenshot later went viral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At 2.02 am — this was the time police had the situation under some control — senior journalist Barkha Dutt tweeted, “The emergency room at #RGKarCollege where the rape and murder took place has been destroyed by a violent mob.”<\/p>\n

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What is happening at this hour in #Kolkata<\/a> is absolutely Insane. The emergency room at #RGKarCollege<\/a> where the rape and murder took place has been destroyed by a violent mob. Multiple doctors I\u2019ve spoken to say \u201cthe police did nothing to help us\u201d . Breaking @themojostory<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ToLfvBS94c<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 barkha dutt (@BDUTT) August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On August 17, Republic World published a report<\/a> titled, “Did Rioters Vandalise RG Kar Seminar Room On Purpose to Destroy Evidence? New Video Surfaces”.<\/p>\n

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As seen above, the blurb below the headline says, “A shocking video has surfaced which hints at the fact that the seminar room was vandalised by the mob on purpose, to destroy evidence.”<\/p>\n

The claim went viral on social media as well. Here are a few Facebook posts<\/strong> claiming the same:<\/p>\n