R.G. Kar Medical College Financial Fraud: Sandip Ghosh and Four Others Request Case Exemption
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Synopsis
On February 4, five individuals, including former principal Sandip Ghosh, involved in the financial fraud case at R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, sought exemption from the ongoing case. The CBI is investigating the serious allegations against them.
Key Takeaways
- Five accused seek exemption from CBI case.
- Sandip Ghosh is a central figure in the case.
- Hearing set for charge framing on February 6.
- Serious allegations include tender manipulation and organ trafficking.
- Ghosh's assets reportedly increased during his tenure.
Kolkata, Feb 4 (NationPress) The five defendants involved in the multi-crore financial misconduct case at the state-operated R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, including the former and contentious principal, Sandip Ghosh, requested exemption from the case on Tuesday.
Alongside Ghosh, four other individuals seeking similar exemption from the case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are his assistant-cum-bodyguard Afsar Ali, private contractors Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra, and a junior doctor Ashish Pandey. All five are currently in judicial custody.
The court is expected to hold a hearing on charge framing in this case on Wednesday at a special court in Kolkata. It has been reported that the exemption requests from the five accused will be addressed simultaneously with the charge-framing hearing.
On January 28, the single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh at the Calcutta High Court instructed the CBI, which is investigating this case, to finalize the charge framing against the five accused by February 6.
Recently, Ghosh also appealed to Justice Ghosh for additional time before the charge framing could commence; however, his request was promptly denied.
The chargesheet submitted by the CBI in this financial misconduct case outlines serious allegations, including irregularities in the tendering process, outsourcing infrastructure work at R.G. Kar to private agencies while bypassing the state Public Works Department, illicitly disposing of bio-medical waste from the hospital, and trafficking organs from unidentified bodies that arrive at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
Furthermore, the chargesheet details the substantial increase in the assets and properties of the accused, particularly Ghosh, during his time as the principal of R.G. Kar.
In the chargesheet, Ghosh has been pinpointed as the mastermind behind the financial irregularities.
