Kolkata horror: ‘Your daughter is not well,’ Hospital staff made three frantic calls to family

New details emerged in the Kolkata rape and murder case on Thursday (Aug 29), indicating how the parents of the 31-year-old victim were misled by the hospital authorities where the gruesome incident had happened.

"She has probably died by suicide, please hurry,” the parents were told during one of the interactions with the assistant superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

Three calls

During the first call made by the assistant superintendent, the parents were told: “Your daughter is not well. Can you please come to the hospital immediately?”

When the confused father asked for more details, the staff member said, "The doctors will tell you what happened when you get here. We found your number and called because you are the family".

The second call was made after some time, during which the staff member sounded even more distressed.

"Her condition is very critical. Please come as soon as possible," the parents were told.

This made herfather extremely worried. When he asked for further details, he was told, "The doctors will explain. Please come here quickly". The father asked the staffer to reveal his identity, to which she replied, “I am the assistant superintendent. I am not a doctor.”

The call reportedly ended abruptly amidst disruption.

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The third call made it clear to the distressed parents that their daughter was no longer alive. “She might have committed suicide or died. The police are here. We are at the hospital, in front of everyone, making this call," the parents heard on the call.

Concerns

The three calls indicate how the hospital administration may have tried to cover up the cruel incident, as accused by the parents.

The family is now demanding hospital administration answer questions about what actually transpired at the site just before the death of the junior doctor.

Kolkata police arrested a civic volunteer named Sanjay Roy in connection with the murder on August 10, a day later. Roy reportedly admitted to his crimes during an interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

(With inputs from agencies)