Volley of accusations against R.G. Kar ex-principal in rape and murder
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Kolkata doctor rape case: Former principal under investigation for financial irregularities, corruption, and professional misconduct.
KOLKATA
With protests raging over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, former principal Sandip Kumar Ghosh, the former principal of the institution continues to be in the eye of the storm. The West Bengal government has set up a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe financial irregularities at the medical since 2021 and Kolkata Police has registered a case against Dr. Ghosh under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Prevention of Corruption Act among other charges.
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On Monday (August 19, 2024), Dr. Ghosh was quizzed for the fourth consecutive time at the city office of the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection to the rape and murder of a female postgraduate trainee on duty at the RGKMCH premises on August 9.
Dr. Ghosh’s mobile phone logs as well as his WhatsApp chats are reportedly being examined by the CBI, according to officials of the investigating agency.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ghosh’s residence turned into a protest site on Sunday (August 18, 2024) as protestors gathered in huge numbers outside his gate demanding justice for the victim.
Since the discovery of the victim’s body in the fourth-floor seminar room of the RGKMCH emergency building, pressure was mounting on the former principal for the actions taken by the hospital authorities following the doctor’s death. “At first, the hospital authorities told us over a phone call that our daughter died by suicide… after we arrived at the hospital, we were made to wait three hours before we could see her body,” the bereaved parents of the victim has alleged.
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