New Delhi: The Calcutta high court on Thursday (September 5) asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a report on objectionable comments on social media pertaining to the victim in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case.
The court’s directive came in response to a plea seeking CBI action against objectionable comments on social media posts carrying the victim’s picture, copies of which were included in the plea, LiveLaw reported.
“CBI has taken over the investigation. You [CBI] see if something can be done. There are some very nasty comments written under the picture of the victim. We will ask for ASG to be served copies [of the plea]. CBI can examine it. We will list the matter on September 18,” a division bench of chief justice T.S. Sivagnanam and justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya said.
The petitioner said these comments were made through anonymous handles who could not even be traced or proven to be real individuals. The petitioner also sought the Kolkata Police Cyber Cell’s action against these posts and in tracing their origins.
However, the court said that since the CBI had taken over the investigation they would be the competent authority to deal with the petitioner’s grievances.
Additional Solicitor General Asok Kumar Chakrabarti told the court that the CBI did not have a separate cyber cell and requested that the state police also be directed to submit a report.
The court, however, maintained that the report would have to be filed by the CBI and that they could solicit cooperation from the state police’s cyber cell while compiling it.
The CBI took over the R.G. Kar case in the second week of August on an order of the Calcutta high court.
