KOLKATA: Under fire for delayed registration of an FIR for the RG Kar murder and rape on Aug 9 and the vandalism at the hospital on the intervening night of Aug 14 and 15, Tala police station officer-in-charge (OC) Abhijit Mondal has been relieved of his charge. He has been replaced with Moloy Dutta, additional OC of Shyampukur police station.
Mondal had applied for leave on medical grounds.His leave had been allowed, Lalbazar (Kolkata police headquarters) indicated.
He is now in hospital. Sources claimed Mondal himself had requested that he be relieved owing to poor health. “As the officer is not well, an additional OC of a neighbouring police station has been given charge. We do not want to add anything to it,” said a senior officer, refusing to say if this was a temporary measure.
Mondal has been facing tough questions on police’s immediate response to the rape and murder complaint, their failure to stop “outsiders” from accessing the crime spot and the long time they took to lodge an FIR. Mondal has been examined by CBI and asked about the case diary.
KOLKATALast Wednesday, he had complained of chest discomfort and gone to four different hospitals in south Kolkata, but none admitted him after carrying out the basic tests. The four hospitals stated that the officer might have experienced chest discomfort, dehydration and a consequent elevated blood pressure.
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