KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the suspension of former Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal and former deputy commissioners Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta followed the launch of a departmental inquiry against them.Adhikari alleged that the three officers were involved in the “mishandling” of the RG Kar rape-murder case, including allegedly offering money to the victim’s parents as a bribe and holding an “unauthorised press conference” related to the August 2024 incident.The chief minister clarified that the state government was not intervening in the actual criminal investigation, which is currently being handled by the Central Bureau of Investigation and is under judicial scrutiny.He added that the disciplinary proceedings and departmental inquiry would be overseen by the state home secretary under the supervision of the chief secretary.(With agency inputs)
