CBI arrests RG Kar Hospital's ex-principal Sandip Ghosh for ‘financial misconduct’

The CBI named Ghosh in the FIR in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities at the hospital during his tenure

Updated on: Sep 2, 2024, 21:47:59 IST

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested ex-RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh over 'financial misconduct' in the medical establishment.

The arrest comes days after the central agency named Ghosh in the FIR in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities at the hospital during his tenure.

Ghosh was questioned for the 15th day at the CBI's Salt Lake office over the rape and murder of the RG Kar hospital post-graduate trainee on August 9. The ex-principal was later escorted to the CBI's Nizam Palace office in Kolkata which houses the agency's anti-corruption wing and was shown as arrested, PTI reported.

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Former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh. (PTI file)

In its FIR registered on the directions of the Calcutta high court, the probe agency has booked Ghosh and three Kolkata-based private entities i.e Ma Tara Traders of Madhya Jhorehat, Banipur, Howrah; Eshan Cafe of 4/1, Belgachia and Khama Louha.

The CBI on August 25 had carried out a day-long search operation at Ghosh's Beliaghata residence in Kolkata in connection with the corruption cases. The agency is also probing the rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at the seminar hall of the state-run hospital in the wee hours of August 9.

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The Enforcement Directorate has also filed a money laundering case to probe alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of its former principal and some others, PTI reported.

Recently, the Indian Medical Association had suspended the membership of Sandip Ghosh.

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