KOLKATA: An FIR for legal conspiracy and dishonest, and a separate case underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, had been filed late Monday in opposition to RG Kar Medical School‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh primarily based on a grievance from the well being division’s particular secretary in June, two months earlier than a junior physician’s rape-murder turned the unlikely set off for a relook into his allegedly shady dealings.
Kolkata Police’s FIR at Tala police station got here amid Ghosh’s continued interrogation by CBI, which is dealing with the rape-murder case. He had been rehabilitated as principal of Calcutta Nationwide Medical School inside 4 hours of resigning from RG Kar, a transfer that was revoked after Calcutta excessive courtroom intervened and ordered that he go on depart.
An official at Swasthya Bhawan, the Bengal well being division’s headquarters, mentioned particular secretary Debal Kumar Ghosh’s grievance in opposition to Ghosh in June flagged a doable legal nexus between the then RG Kar principal and “sure unscrupulous contractors”. This, the grievance mentioned, resulted in “collusive bidding” for building and renovation tasks. “That is to tell you that this division had obtained a grievance in opposition to Dr Sandip Ghosh, principal of RG Kar Medical School and Hospital, Kolkata with regard to monetary irregularities in several procurements and allied issues,” the particular secretary wrote to police.
The well being division’s subsequent inner inquiry revealed a doable legal nexus between Ghosh and “sure unscrupulous contractors”, he mentioned.
The police probe in opposition to Ghosh has been handed to an SIT fashioned by Nabanna, the state secretariat. The SIT’s transient is to probe the executive functioning of RG Kar from 2021 onwards, corresponding with the interval Ghosh was its principal. The workforce will evaluation all contracts and allegations of misappropriating funds.
An officers mentioned the SIT, led by IGP (coaching) Pranab Kumar, will possible enlist the assistance of CAs to nail alleged discrepancies in accounts.
Allegations of economic anomalies and mismanagement have been levelled in opposition to Ghosh since April 2022, however he appeared to dodge all of them till not too long ago.
