Sampat Meena, a 1994 batch IPS officer from Jharkhand cadre, who is serving aa additional director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), will head the 25-member special investigation team to probe the gruesome Kolkata doctor rape-murder case.
The body of a female doctor was found inside seminar room of R G Kar Hospital and Medical College on August 9 in Kolkata and the autopsy report had indicated sexual assault. The Kolkata Police has arrested a civic police volunteer in connection with the crime on August 10.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier given a deadline to crack the case by Sunday (August 18, 2024), failing which she will transfer the case to the CBI.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (August 13, 2024) transferred the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation observing no progress in the investigation of state police.
Meena had probed high profile Unnao and Hathras gang rape case
Meena, an intelligent and sensitive officer, hogged the lime light while handling the Unnao Gang rape case. She played a crucial role in the prosecution of main accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar who is lodged in jail.
Meena also supervised the infamous Hathras gang rape case in which a 19-year old girl was brutally beaten up, gang raped with her mutilated tongue. She later died in the hospital.
Who is Sampat Meena?
Meena, a dynamic police officer, belongs to an IAS and IPS family of Jolanda village in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district. Her father Ratan Lal Meena is also a retired IPS while her husband Surendra Singh is a 1993 batch IAS office of Jharkhand cadre. Singh, a metallurgical engineering, is working as director general of Shri Krishna Lok Prashasan Sansthan. Meena's uncle Teeka Ram Meena, a 1988 batch Kerala cadre officer has held various important positions including Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).
Sampath Meena came on deputation to CBI on September 21, 2017. After completing the deputation period of five years in September 2022, she further got two years extension till September 21, 2024. During this period she was made joint director in 2019 and then again got promoted to the rank of additional director July 2023.
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