Sanjoy Roy, the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a Kolkata doctor, was today remanded to 14 days of judicial custody. The order was issued at the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court, where Roy was brought under heavy police security. This development follows the conclusion of Roy’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody on Friday.
In a separate legal maneuver, a special court in Kolkata authorized the CBI to conduct a polygraph test on Roy. While the results of polygraph tests are not admissible as court evidence, they are utilized to assist in the investigative process.
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Roy’s psychoanalytic evaluation has highlighted concerning behaviors: he has a dependency on pornography, exhibits aggressive and primal tendencies, and shows no remorse for his actions.
Roy, who worked as a civic volunteer, was apprehended on August 10, the day after the body of the victim, a doctor, was discovered in a seminar hall at the hospital where she worked. Preliminary investigations suggest that Roy had consumed alcohol before committing the crime. According to police sources, CCTV footage captured Roy entering the hospital’s emergency building at 4 a.m. on the day of the incident, wearing a Bluetooth device. About 40 minutes later, he was seen leaving, and the device was later found near the victim’s body. Analysis of the device linked it to Roy’s cellphone, establishing a direct connection to the crime.
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