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Calcutta High Court orders CBI to probe RG Kar cremation evidence case

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  • The Calcutta High Court has transferred the investigation into the alleged hurried cremation and evidence destruction in the RG Kar hospital case from the West Bengal Police to the CBI. The court cited the need to avoid overlapping investigations, as the CBI is already probing the broader rape and murder case.

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The Calcutta High Court has ordered that a case being investigated by the West Bengal Police over the alleged of the RG Kar hospital rape and murder victim and be transferred to the CBI.

The court said the state police and the CBI could not investigate the same issue at the same time, as a CBI special investigation team is already probing allegations of a in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at the state-run hospital in north Kolkata in August 2024.

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