Ex-TMC MLA held over hurried cremation of RG Kar rape-murder victim

A former MLA of the Trinamool Congress, Nirmal Ghosh, was arrested Thursday in Odisha in connection with the alleged hurried cremation of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital two years ago, the police said. Ghosh, the former MLA of Panihati, was arrested on charges of destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and forcing someone to carry out an act against their will, the police said.
The arrest was made after the victim doctor's father filed a fresh complaint at the Khardah police station on Monday, alleging that Ghosh was among the three who had forced the "hurried cremation" of his daughter's body. A senior police officer of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said the fresh case is separate from the CBI investigation into the rape and murder of the doctor. The arrest also comes days after Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while attending a programme to mark the second death anniversary of the doctor, directed the police to register a separate case into the circumstances surrounding the cremation. The Chief Minister had said there were questions over the cremation, including the alleged waiver of the cremation fee and the absence of signatures of the victim's family members on the relevant documents.
According to police, the body was taken to a crematorium in Panihati and cremated in haste, allegedly overtaking two other bodies waiting in the queue.Police have also raised questions over the signatures on the cremation consent documents, saying they were allegedly those of neighbours and not the victim's parents or other family members. One person was convicted in the case and the matter is now pending in the Calcutta high court