New Delhi, August 27
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at several locations in Kolkata linked to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and his relatives in hours long operation that was carried out at 15 locations in Kolkata.
A CBI team also searched the residence of Dr Debashish Som, Demonstrator of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
These actions come in response to a complaint lodged three days prior by Akhtar Ali, the former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Ali's complaint accused the institution of corruption and irregularities, specifically naming Dr. Debashish Som.
The CBI registered a FIR against Dr. Sandip Ghosh following orders from the Calcutta High Court. The investigation was launched after the High Court directed the CBI to look into the alleged corruption at the medical college.
The agency took over the investigation from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the West Bengal government on the directions of Calcutta High Court.
The high court which had already handed over the probe into the rape and murder of the medico also transferred the probe of financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh to the CBI "in the interest of ensuring a comprehensive and unbiased inquiry".
The CM had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the financial irregularities involving Ghose and the medical college.
