The claim
Dr. Akash Nag, the Deputy Inspector General and Joint Director of the Crime Branch of CBI in Kolkata resigned because he felt unable to investigate the RG Kar hospital rape case impartially and sought to withdraw from the probe.
Original review summary
The review says the purported resignation letter is fake: it reports that the case was handled by CBI headquarters in Delhi and that there was no officer named Akash Nag. It also says the case was transferred to CBI on 14 August 2024, not investigated by the Kolkata Crime Branch.[S1]
Additional context
The review says the PIB and CBI addressed the letter in posts, including a CBI post describing it as fake. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026