Bengal SIT to probe RG Kar Medical College 'Fraud' under former principal Sandip Ghosh's watch

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special investigation team (SIT) to probe financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College during the tenure of Sandip Ghosh. Kolkata Police have registered a case against Ghosh under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Prevention of Corruption Act.

«I have raised the nexus in connection with bio-medical waste in RG Kar Medical. Used saline bottles, rubber gloves were procured by two Bangladeshi citizens and recycled in Bangladesh. Two inquiries were done by a committee in which I was also a part,» Akhtar Ali, former deputy superintendent of RG Kar said. He said he had informed anti-corruption bureau, state vigilance commission and even the CMO regarding it during his tenure in RG Kar. He raised these allegations first in July 2023 and spoken about the involvement of Ghosh in the alleged nexus.

Former principal of the medical college, Ghosh, was interrogated by CBI for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in New Delhi. He also spoke to the deceased student's parents and assured them justice. The Kolkata Raj Bhavan has opened a Mobile Control Room in connection with the ongoing agitation, Raj Bhavan sources told ET. «Anyone may call up the numbers if they wish to convey anything to me,» Bose said.