West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought an immediate response from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the claim of prime RG Kar rape and murder accused Sanjay Roy that he was framed and that the Former Kolkata Police Commissioner, Vineet Goel, and other senior officers were behind the plot, sources in the Raj Bhavan said.

Bose also urged the state government to look into the matter and inform it of the factual position and its stand on the allegations “at the earliest”, they said.

“The governor sought an immediate report from CM Mamata Banerjee on the main accused in the RG Kar case, alleging that he was framed by senior police officers, including former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goel “said a senior source.

“He also requested the state government to look into the matter and inform it about the factual position and its stand on the allegations at the earliest,” he said.

Roy had declared in court on Monday that he was innocent and alleged that Goel and another senior Calcutta Police officer had conspired to frame him in the RG Kar case.

Roy, who was presented Monday afternoon in a municipal court where the trial began, also claimed that the state government supports senior police officers.

“There are senior officers who are involved in all this. The government is supporting them. I did nothing. They (police officers) threatened me. I am giving you the names. They are Vineet Goel and DC Special… They conspired to bother me with this. Why don’t they tell them everything? Ask them.

Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10, a day after the body of a woman doctor on duty was found in the seminar room of RG Kar Hospital.

Later, the CBI took over the investigation into the case following an order from the Calcutta High Court. The incident sparked national outrage.