NEW DELHI: Former RG Kar Hospital and College principal Sandip Ghosh had been operating “criminal nexus” with his co-accused which has caused wrongful loss to the government, the Central Bureau of Investigation said on Saturday, based on the findings of its probe in financial irregularities at the college.
“Evidence collected during (the) investigation conducted so far, has revealed that Dr Sandip Ghosh, in criminal nexus with other co-accused persons, by way of illegal means, caused wrongful loss to the government and corresponding wrongful gain to himself and other accused persons,” an officer said.
The probe agency arrested Ghosh, along with two vendors and his security personnel, for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, which witnessed the rape and murder of a post graduate trainee doctor on August 9.
“These (two) vendors were known to Ghosh since he was with the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital. We have found that they granted the contracts of RGKMC&H (RG Kar Medical College and Hospital) only because of their proximity with Ghosh,” the officer said.
“Both these vendors were in Murshidabad and Ghosh brought them to Kolkata when he was made the principal of the RG Kar hospital. They were favoured for supply of materials to the hospital,” they added.
Ghosh served at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital from 2016 to 2018, before being transferred to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, where he remained until February 2021.
He then took charge of RG Kar College and Hospital.
“It is revealed that they all have been frequently in touch with each other, which corroborates the allegation of criminal nexus as in the FIR,” the probe agency said.
The investigation uncovered that Ghosh allegedly “favored” an organization owned by his security guard’s wife, awarding them a contract for a cafe within the hospital.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Sandip Ghosh who had sought to intervene in proceedings before the Calcutta high court, which had ordered a CBI probe into an alleged biomedical waste disposal scam at the hospital and its possible connection to the rape and murder of the doctor on August 9.
“Evidence collected during (the) investigation conducted so far, has revealed that Dr Sandip Ghosh, in criminal nexus with other co-accused persons, by way of illegal means, caused wrongful loss to the government and corresponding wrongful gain to himself and other accused persons,” an officer said.
The probe agency arrested Ghosh, along with two vendors and his security personnel, for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, which witnessed the rape and murder of a post graduate trainee doctor on August 9.
“These (two) vendors were known to Ghosh since he was with the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital. We have found that they granted the contracts of RGKMC&H (RG Kar Medical College and Hospital) only because of their proximity with Ghosh,” the officer said.
“Both these vendors were in Murshidabad and Ghosh brought them to Kolkata when he was made the principal of the RG Kar hospital. They were favoured for supply of materials to the hospital,” they added.
Ghosh served at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital from 2016 to 2018, before being transferred to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, where he remained until February 2021.
He then took charge of RG Kar College and Hospital.
“It is revealed that they all have been frequently in touch with each other, which corroborates the allegation of criminal nexus as in the FIR,” the probe agency said.
The investigation uncovered that Ghosh allegedly “favored” an organization owned by his security guard’s wife, awarding them a contract for a cafe within the hospital.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Sandip Ghosh who had sought to intervene in proceedings before the Calcutta high court, which had ordered a CBI probe into an alleged biomedical waste disposal scam at the hospital and its possible connection to the rape and murder of the doctor on August 9.
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