RG Kar victim's number used for few months after her death: Family's big claim
The family of the trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital last year, claimed on Monday that her daughter's number was removed from a WhatsApp group after her death. They also alleged that her mobile number was used after her death.The family made the claims before a lower court in Kolkata, where their lawyer submitted a confidential paper in a sealed envelope to the judge that they wanted to share some information with the court regarding what they could gather from different platforms.advertisementMaking the claim in writing before the court, the victim's family alleged that the trainee doctor's mobile number was used for a few months after her death. They claimed that such information came to their notice from the activities of a WhatsApp group.
On August 9 last year, the trainee doctor was found in a semi-naked state at the seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering nationwide protests. On January 20, a Kolkata court sentenced Sanjoy Roy, the convict in the rape and murder case, to life imprisonment. Roy was a civic volunteer associated with Kolkata Police.The family's lawyer on Monday claimed that the Kolkata Police confiscated the victim's mobile phone after the RG Kar rape-murder case. Later, the CBI took over the investigation and since then, the mobile phone has been in their custody.advertisement"We think the secret of my daughter's death lies in that mobile phone. We suddenly came to know that my daughter's number had exited a WhatsApp group few months after her death. How can a dead person leave a group?" the victim's father said outside the court.The judge has called for the case diary and directed the CBI to submit the next status report on June 10.Advocate Rajdeep Haldar, the lawyer of the trainee doctor's family, told India Today TV, "We have submitted our concerns to the court showing the WhatsApp activities that were found even after the victim's death. The court has called for the case diary from the CBI in the next hearing.""The profile of the victim was removed from a group. It happened in December before the delivery of the judgment. We have raised this issue before the court as further investigation is going on," Haldar added.The CBI is yet to respond to the family's claims. However, according to cyber and technology experts, any WhatsApp account can be automatically deleted if it remains inactive for 120 days."A WhatsApp account can be automatically closed if it remains inactive for a long period of time. According to WhatsApp's policy, if an account is inactive for 120 days (around four months), it may be automatically deleted to maintain security, limit data retention, and protect user privacy. Inactivity means the device hasn't connected to WhatsApp servers. If a WhatsApp account is deleted, that account will automatically be removed from WhatsApp groups according to the policy," cyber expert Abhishek Mitra told India Today TV.In response to the cyber expert's assertion, Halder, the victim's family lawyer, said, "Let the CBI file its answer in their defence."Must Watch
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