Kolkata: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday (September 10) sent Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to judicial custody in the financial irregularities case till September 23.
Ghosh was produced before court after expiry of 8-day CBI custody
Ghosh was produced before the court on the expiry of his eight-day CBI custody granted earlier by the court, which sent him to judicial custody in the case till September 23. The court also sent his security personnel Afsar Ali and two alleged associates – contractors Vendors Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra – to judicial custody till September 23.
CBI arrested Ghosh in alleged financial irregularities case on September 2
The CBI, which is conducting investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during Ghosh’s tenure as principal of the institute, arrested Ghosh in the alleged financial irregularities case on September 2 amid protests over the rape and death of a woman doctor at the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
CBI is conducting investigation into financial irregularities on direction of High Court
The CBI is conducting the alleged financial irregularities case on the direction of the Calcutta High Court, which transferred the probe into the alleged financial irregularities from the West Bengal government-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the CBI on a petition by a former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, had moved the High Court seeking a probe into the alleged financial misconduct at the hospital during the tenure of Ghosh by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor inside the seminar room of the institute on August 9 sparked nationwide protests.
High Court earlier transferred rape, murder of woman doctor from Kolkata Police to CBI
The High Court earlier transferred the probe into the rape and murder of the woman doctor from the Kolkata Police to the CBI on a bunch of pleas seeking a court-monitored investigation into the incident as well as an investigation into the conduct of the hospital authorities, including the then RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Ghosh’s role, and other officials by a special team of investigating officers.
The Supreme Court, which has taken a suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of woman doctor, is currently seized of the matter and while hearing the matter on Monday, the top court sought a fresh status report from the CBI on the investigation into the case.