CBI Fact-Checks Letter By ‘Officer’ On Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case

Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has flagged a fake letter written by a fictitious senior officer alleging political interference in the probe into the rape and murder case of a junior doctor in a Kolkata medical college and hospital.The letter, which was widely circulated on social media, was signed by a certain “Dr Akash Nag”, ostensibly an Indian Police Service officer working in the CBI.There is no officer in the CBI by the name “Dr Akash Nag” or the designation mentioned in the fake letter, the CBI said in a statement posted on X.The fictitious officer in the letter addressed to the Ministry of Home Affairs said he wished to withdraw from investigating the case of the rape and murder of the junior doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital due to “undue political and social pressures”.The CBI in the statement asked the public to ignore the letter and “any similar mischievous communication”.”It is clarified that the said letter is a fake one. The investigation is being handled by the CBI headquarters in Delhi. Moreover, there is no officer in the CBI by the name and designation of Dr Akash Nag, DIG, Joint Director, Crime Branch, ACB Kolkata. The contents of the said letter are false and hence vehemently denied,” the CBI said.