RG Kar’s Ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh Sent To Judicial Custody Until September 23

Former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been sent to judicial custody till September 23 by a special CBI court on Tuesday in the financial irregularities case. 

The court has remanded Ghosh's security officer, Afsar Ali, along with contractors Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra, to judicial custody until September 23. The CBI informed the court it might seek their custody again if necessary. Ghosh, arrested by the CBI on September 2 for alleged financial irregularities amid protests over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar MCH, was previously placed in CBI custody for eight days starting September 3.

The Hospital came into focus after a 31-year-old trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered inside the hospital premises, last month. The CBI is still probing the incident, that further raised deeper issues with the hospital authority. 

The CBI took control of the investigation from Kolkata Police on August 13, following an order from the Calcutta High Court. During the probe, it was revealed that former principal Dr. Sandip Ghosh had instructed the demolition of a restroom and toilet near the crime scene on August 10. The partial demolition, carried out by the PWD, is suspected to have compromised crucial evidence.