Posters seeking the whereabouts of Sushanta Roy, a veteran eye specialist of Jalpaiguri and the vice-president of West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC), and his doctor son Soutrik, have been pasted on the boundary wall of their home and on the premises of Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital.
On Friday, residents spotted the posters which carry their photos with the message “Sondhan chai (seeking information about the duo). Police were informed. They reached the spots and removed the posters.
In the posters, which said they were put up by “well-wishers” of Roy and his son, Roy has been accused of being “the principal conspirator” of the RG Kar incident.
After the brutal rape and murder of the woman doctor at RG Kar on August 9, Roy and his son’s name had come up along with some others for being present at the seminar hall of the hospital, where the victim’s body was found.
“Sushanta Roy and his son have no connection with RG Kar. Yet, they reached the Calcutta hospital. This led to the suspicion. He earlier backed RG Kar’s former principal Sandip Ghosh who is in CBI custody now,” said a veteran doctor of Jalpaiguri.
After the incident, the state branch and the Jalpaiguri district branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) recommended his suspension and sent it to the IMA
headquarters.
Roy was the general secretary of the Jalpaiguri branch of IMA. Eventually, other IMA members resolved to recommend the suspension of Roy and his son, and held its first protest march last Sunday.
The state IMA president has written to the president of the West Bengal Medical Council for Roy’s removal from the council.
“We don’t know who put up the posters. But it is evident that some residents of the town are angry. The state IMA, in its letter, has also said it received complaints against Sushanta Roy for his role in certain malpractices,” said a doctor based in Jalpaiguri.
Asked, Roy was brief: “I am not surprised at the posters.”
A police officer said the posters were removed. “A probe has been started to find out who printed and put up the posters,” he said.
