Overview
- The West Bengal government, which announced the suspensions Friday, accused former Kolkata police chief Vineet Goyal and IPS officers Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta of mishandling the early probe.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said a departmental inquiry will examine alleged bribery attempts and unauthorized press briefings and will not interfere with the CBI investigation.
- The victim’s parents asked a Sealdah court to order arrests of ex-MLA Nirmal Ghosh and two others over an alleged rushed cremation that they say destroyed evidence, with the judge setting June 5 for the CBI’s response.
- At the same briefing, Adhikari said officials seized mobile phones and SIM cards from Kolkata’s Presidency Jail and suspended the superintendent and two staff members pending a CID inquiry.
- A civic volunteer, Sanjoy Roy, was earlier convicted and sentenced to life for the 2024 rape and murder, while the victim’s mother, now a BJP MLA, continues to press claims of a wider conspiracy and evidence tampering.