IITian Faizan Ahmed’s Mother Lashes Out at Bengal Police Amidst Nationwide Protests

Kolkata: Amid the nationwide protests over the brutal murder of an RG Kar Medical College doctor, Rehana Ahmed, the mother of murdered IITian Faizan Ahmed, has severely criticized the Bengal Police. The grieving mother, who has been waiting for justice for nearly two years, expressed her frustration: “It’s not just about my son’s murder, but also the Bengal police’s consistent failure in such cases.”

Despite not being in good health, Faizan’s mother has been closely monitoring the developments in the RG Kar murder case, calling to register her protest. “The Bengal police did not stand with us, and now again, it has not done its job fairly,” she told eNewsroom over the phone from Tinsukia, Assam.

The 23-year-old IIT Kharagpur student, who was murdered on campus, was initially said to have committed suicide. However, after the intervention of the Calcutta High Court and a second postmortem, it was confirmed that he was brutally murdered.

Rehana continued, “While we did not receive any support from the IIT Kharagpur authorities, we believed that the Bengal police would stand with us and do their duty. But that never happened.”

“Like the IIT KGP officials, the police also claimed that my son, a third-year student, had committed suicide. But they could not satisfy the court. The police could not answer how Faizan could have committed suicide. The first autopsy, conducted under the supervision of the Kharagpur police, was not done properly. The police was hiding the fact that it was a murder. The court sought answers and appointed a forensic expert, Dr. Rajiv Gupta, who requested a fresh autopsy, which made it clear that it was a case of homicide.”

The High Court constituted a team and transferred the case from the Kharagpur police to a Special Investigative Team (SIT). The three-member team is led by senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K Jayaraman, with the other two members from the Bengal police.

“From day one, neither the Kharagpur police nor the SIT performed their duties, or else the killers would have been caught, and we would have received justice. The Bengal police even moved to the division bench against the order of a single bench to set up the SIT. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmai Bhattacharyya, rejected this. However, even after more than a year of its formation, the SIT has not apprehended the killers.”

Meanwhile, a trainee female doctor was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College. A week ago, her dead body was recovered inside the seminar hall of the medical college. One person has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder. Since the incident, protests have erupted not only in Kolkata and Bengal but across India. On the night of August 14, large numbers of protesters, mostly women, took to the streets in Bengal under the banner “Reclaim the Night.” Now the case has been handed over to CBI.

Rehana argued that if the people of Bengal had fought for Faizan as they are for RG Kar doctor case and earlier for Swapandip Kundu’s murder at Jadavpur, the police, especially the SIT, would have performed better.

“I have said many times that the outcome of Faizan’s case will impact lakhs of mothers whose children are studying or working in different institutions. Criminals will think twice before committing a murder on an institutional campus,” she added.

The name and picture of RG Kar victim has been changed in the story.