Sanjay Roy, the volunteer arrested in the Kolkata doctor’s rape and murder case, reportedly said during a lie detector test on Sunday that the victim was already dead when he discovered her and he ran away in fear. Sources told the Times of India that Roy had put forward several “alibis”.
According to CBI sources, Sanjay Roy appeared “unsettled and anxious” during the hours-long questioning. The lie detector test on Sanjay Roy revealed several “false and unconvincing answers,” ToI reported, citing sources.
CBI officials conducted a lie detector test on prime accused Sanjay Roy in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. The test was conducted at the Presidency Jail in Kolkata, where Roy is currently lodged, an official said.
Sanjay Roy’s lawyer had earlier told NDTV that the accused had told a special court that he was ready to take the polygraph test. When the judge asked him why, Sanjay Roy replied that he was “innocent” and that he had been accused of “an affront”, according to this lawyer.
“I also want the truth to come out through the lie detector test,” the lawyer said, according to an August 24 NDTV report, quoting Sanjay Roy.
Roy (33), a volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10, a day after the body of the 31-year-old doctor was found in the seminar room of the medical college.
According to news agency PTI, a Bluetooth device found near the paramedic’s body led to Roy’s arrest. Video footage also showed him on the third floor of the hospital, where the seminar hall is located.
The central agency officials also conducted polygraph tests on a few other people at their office in Kolkata, an official told news agency PTI, adding that the test on Roy was completed after about four hours. Four people, including former RGKMCH director Sandip Ghosh, underwent the polygraph test on Saturday.
The CBI had sought permission from a local court in Kolkata to subject seven people, including Roy and the former director of RGKMCH, to a lie detector test. The test cannot be used as evidence during the trial, but the results will give the agency a direction for further investigation.
Meanwhile, the protesting junior doctors at RGKMCH said they would continue to stop work unless justice is done for the deceased doctor and Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal resigns from his post. Sunday was the 17th consecutive day that the junior doctors have stopped work, negatively affecting healthcare in Bengal.
(With contributions from agencies)
