ED raids 3 locations in Bengal linked to financial fraud at RG Kar hospital

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out search operations at multiple locations in West Bengal's Howrah, Sonarpur and Hooghly in connection with the alleged financial scam involving RG Kar Medical Centre and Hospital.

In August this year, a 31-year-old trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered at the government-run RG Kar Medical Centre and Hospital, triggering nationwide protests.

According to sources, one of the places that the central probe agency was raiding in Hooghly included the premises of a relative of RG Kar Medical Centre and Hospital's ex- principal, Dr Sandip Ghosh.

Last week, the central agency filed a case against alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College. The case was registered on the basis of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) FIR, which named Dr Ghosh in connection with its probe into the doctor's murder.

In the FIR, the CBI has slapped criminal conspiracy, cheating, and dishonesty along with Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the financial misconduct at RG Kar Medical College. The cases account for cognisable offences and are non-bailable in nature.

Dr Ghosh served as the principal of RG Kar Medical College from February 2021 until September 2023. Although he was transferred in October 2023, he inexplicably resumed his role at the hospital within a month. He remained in this position until the day of the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor.

On September 2, the CBI arrested Dr Ghosh in the corruption case, and he was later sent to the probe agency's custody.

Source: India Today