Lawfare – Defamation, Others

A senior Trinamool Congress leader has filed a defamation case against the father of the 34-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year. Trinamool’s state general secretary and spokesperson, Kunal Ghosh, has filed a case at a Kolkata court, accusing the rape-murder victim’s father of defaming him.

Mr Ghosh has said in his complaint that the doctor’s father recently told the media that the CBI allegedly took bribes from the ruling party in West Bengal and derailed the investigation into his daughter’s chilling rape and murder. The doctor’s father alleged Mr Ghosh went to meet CBI officials, paid them and “settled” everything.

A week back, the Trinamool leader sent a legal notice to the doctor’s father, seeking an apology. He has said he has full respect and sympathy for the doctor’s father. “But they cannot just keep saying whatever they want or whatever someone teaches them to say. If he does not apologise, he will have to prove in court what he has said. My lawyer has given him four days to respond after receiving the letter. After that, I will file a case,” Mr Ghosh had said.