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Second accused arrested in RG Kar cremation conspiracy case
Police have arrested Sanjeev Mukherjee, the second accused in the alleged hurried cremation conspiracy involving the R.G. Kar rape-murder victim’s body. Mukherjee was arrested from a house in Kolkata’s Chinar Park on…
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Police have arrested Sanjeev Mukherjee, the second accused in the alleged hurried cremation conspiracy involving the R.G. Kar rape-murder victim’s body. Mukherjee was arrested from a house in Kolkata’s Chinar Park on Thursday night, police sources told Assam Tribune. Earlier that day, former Trinamool Congress legislator Nirmal Ghosh was arrested in Odisha and brought to Kolkata.
Both accused are due to appear before a Barrackpore district court, where prosecutors will seek police custody. Trinamool Congress councillor Somnath Dey, the third accused, remains absconding. A fresh FIR was filed at Khardah police station after a complaint by the victim’s father. The probe is examining allegations that the body was hurriedly cremated at Panihati to prevent a second post-mortem.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest claims in this case will likely present an arrest as proof of guilt, while another narrative may dismiss the cremation allegations as political theatre. Neither is established by an arrest. The police must show who ordered the cremation, which protocols were breached and what evidence supports the alleged motive. The court’s custody decision and the investigation’s findings on the third accused will provide the next concrete test.
Source: assamtribune.com
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