CBI investigating into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has found a vital document proving that former principal Sandip Ghosh gave orders to the state public works department (PWD) to carry out renovation in areas adjacent to the scene of crime a day after the victim's body was recovered.
The body of the victim was recovered on August 9 morning from the seminar room located within the hospital campus.
Sources said that the investigating officials retrieved an important document which proved that the permission letter to the state PWD for conducting renovation work in a room and toilet adjacent to the seminar hall, the scene of crime, was issued by Ghosh himself.
Sources said that the investigating officials have got hold of the permission letter which bears Ghosh's signature and is dated August 10.
Initially, sources said, it was perceived that to instruct the PWD to start the renovation work, an administrative official of RG Kar had acted under the instruction of Ghosh.
However, following access to the permission letter it is clear as to how keen Ghosh was in getting the renovation completed.
In an apparent bid to destroy evidence, on August 13 evening, just hours after a division bench of the Calcutta High Court ordered the CBI to take over the rape and investigation probe from Kolkata Police, the state PWD staff attempted the renovation work at a room adjacent to the seminar hall from where the body of the victim was recovered on the morning of August 9.
However, that renovation work could not be carried out following massive protests by the students' fraternity within the hospital premises as soon as the work started.
Sources close to the development said that investigating officials believe as the document shows Ghosh's keenness in getting the renovation done, it can be handy in establishing the links between the two parallel investigations by the agency -- the first being on the rape and murder case and the second on the financial irregularities at RG Kar.
Incidentally, Ghosh is currently in CBI custody in connection with the financial irregularities case.
The agitating representatives of the state's medical fraternity have been claiming that the incident at RG Kar was not a one-off case of rape and murder, but that the victim faced such a gory end as she became aware of the irregularities.
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