Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Alleged audio clips of conversation between victim’s parents and R.G. Kar hospital authorities surface
Audio recordings of phone calls, allegedly made by authorities of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata to the parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered surfaced on social media on Thursday (August 29, 2024) sparking allegations that the hospital authorities had not only peddled disinformation but were insensitive to the bereaved patients.
Three audio clips, first about 71 seconds, second 46 seconds and the final call lasting about 28 seconds had surfaced on social media and were aired by a television news channel, which contains voices of the parents of the deceased doctor and a hospital official.
In the first two conversations, the hospital official is heard informing the parents that their daughter was very ill and they should come to the hospital immediately. In the third and final clip, the caller who identified herself as the assistant superintendent of the hospital, “Yes, please listen… we were repeatedly telling you before… your daughter… may have… died by suicide… or, she may have passed away. The police are here. All of us from the hospital are here. We are calling you to ask you to come down quickly”.
The Hindu has not independently verified about the authenticity of the audio clips, but neither the parents of the victim nor the hospital authorities had said that the audio clips were fake.
The victim’s father said on August 9 that he received the first call from the hospital at 10.53 a.m. and subsequently received two more calls before he and his wife reached the hospital.
Responding to the audio clips, Indrani Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner of Central Division of Kolkata Police, said the audio clips prove something which the police has been saying from the start that the Kolkata Police did not say that the death was due to suicide.
