KOLKATA: Enforcement Directorate on Friday performed searches at 11 locations, together with the residence and farmhouse of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and houses of his family and associates, in reference to alleged monetary irregularities within the hospital throughout his tenure. The Central company additionally detained Prasun Chatterjee, an information entry operator at Kolkata’s Nationwide Medical School and Hospital (NMCH) and an in depth affiliate of Ghosh.
When ED officers reached Ghosh’s residence in Beliaghata at 6.40am, the primary gate was locked from exterior. The officers entered the home after three hours when Ghosh’s spouse, Sangita, reached there with the keys from their condominium in Chinar Park.
Whereas the search was on, Sangita – face lined in masks and oversize shades and pallu overlaying her head – emerged from the home and informed reporters that no matter was being mentioned about her husband was not true. “
A second group of ED officers reached Ghosh’s in-law’s residence at Chandannagar’s Padri Para on Friday morning however discovered the home was locked. One other group reached the condominium of his sister-in-law, a healthcare employee at Maniktala ESI hospital, round 11.30 am and emerged a number of hours later with a black trolley bag. Ghosh’s in-laws have just lately moved into this housing property.
Yet one more set of officers reached the residence of Prasun Chatterjee – the NMCH information entry operator noticed within the viral RG Kar Hospital seminar room video – in Subhasgram in South 24 Parganas. Round 2pm, Chatterjee was detained and brought to Ghosh’s farmhouse, Sangita-Sandip Villa, in Canning space.
ED officers additionally searched the homes of Kunal Roy in Baidyabati, Biplab Singha and Kaushik Koley in Howrah. Singha, already in CBI custody, is a medical tools provider and Koley labored as an accountant in his firm. All three are allegedly near Ghosh.
