Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy moves Calcutta High Court challenging notice by Kolkata Police

TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy challenges police notice in Calcutta High Court over social media post on doctor's case.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Monday (August 19, 2024) moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging a notice sent to him by the police in connection with a social media post he made over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

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The Kolkata Police served the notice to the veteran politician on Sunday (August 18, 2024), asking him to appear before it. Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj granted permission to Mr. Roy's lawyer to file his petition challenging the notice. The court said it will hear the petition on Tuesday (August 20, 2024).

In his social media post, the veteran TMC MP demanded that the CBI undertake "custodial interrogation" of Kolkata Police commissioner and previous principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee doctor.