KOLKATA: Calcutta excessive court docket requested CBI on Friday to take over the probe into corruption costs in opposition to RG Kar Medical Faculty‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh from an SIT constituted by the Bengal govt, saying it is sensible to have one company look into all allegations in opposition to him.
Allegations of economic and administrative impropriety have been piling up in opposition to Ghosh, already underneath investigation by CBI for his actions following the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior physician on campus.
Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed the SIT arrange earlier this week to switch all related paperwork to CBI by 10am Saturday, and directed the central company to file a progress report on Sept 17.
“The investigations (into the rape-murder at RG Kar hospital and the graft costs in opposition to the ex-principal) shouldn’t be fragmented between completely different companies. Handing over the investigation to the CBI ensures consistency,” states the court docket’s 12-page order. “A number of companies dealing with completely different elements of the case may result in inefficiencies or inconsistencies, pointless delays and potential misinterpretation of data.”
Justice Bharadwaj’s order got here on a petition filed by RG Kar hospital’s ex-deputy superintendent Akhtar Ali, in search of an ED investigation into alleged corruption involving Ghosh. He mentioned nothing got here of his complaints in opposition to Ghosh with the anti-corruption department and the West Bengal Human Rights Fee final 12 months.
When the state’s counsel Amitesh Banerjee argued in opposition to giving the probe to CBI, Justice Bharadwaj sought to know why the government waited till Aug 16 to arrange the SIT when a grievance about irregularities at RG Kar was filed in 2023.
Ali’s lawyer Tarunjyoti Tewari talked about in his submission allegations of corruption in disposal of medical on the hospital and in addition the “disappearance” of a physique from the morgue on Jan 11 final 12 months.
Govt counsel Banerjee mentioned establishing the SIT was an “autonomous determination, unrelated and unconnected” to Ali’s grievance. The SIT, comprising 4 senior IPS officers, was tasked with probing irregularities on the state-run hospital since Jan 2021, he identified.
Ghosh’s counsel Biswaroop Bhattacharya challenged Justice Bharadwaj’s order earlier than a division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, saying it was issued with out giving his consumer a listening to. The court docket requested him to method a daily bench.
Allegations of economic and administrative impropriety have been piling up in opposition to Ghosh, already underneath investigation by CBI for his actions following the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior physician on campus.
Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed the SIT arrange earlier this week to switch all related paperwork to CBI by 10am Saturday, and directed the central company to file a progress report on Sept 17.
“The investigations (into the rape-murder at RG Kar hospital and the graft costs in opposition to the ex-principal) shouldn’t be fragmented between completely different companies. Handing over the investigation to the CBI ensures consistency,” states the court docket’s 12-page order. “A number of companies dealing with completely different elements of the case may result in inefficiencies or inconsistencies, pointless delays and potential misinterpretation of data.”
Justice Bharadwaj’s order got here on a petition filed by RG Kar hospital’s ex-deputy superintendent Akhtar Ali, in search of an ED investigation into alleged corruption involving Ghosh. He mentioned nothing got here of his complaints in opposition to Ghosh with the anti-corruption department and the West Bengal Human Rights Fee final 12 months.
When the state’s counsel Amitesh Banerjee argued in opposition to giving the probe to CBI, Justice Bharadwaj sought to know why the government waited till Aug 16 to arrange the SIT when a grievance about irregularities at RG Kar was filed in 2023.
Ali’s lawyer Tarunjyoti Tewari talked about in his submission allegations of corruption in disposal of medical on the hospital and in addition the “disappearance” of a physique from the morgue on Jan 11 final 12 months.
Govt counsel Banerjee mentioned establishing the SIT was an “autonomous determination, unrelated and unconnected” to Ali’s grievance. The SIT, comprising 4 senior IPS officers, was tasked with probing irregularities on the state-run hospital since Jan 2021, he identified.
Ghosh’s counsel Biswaroop Bhattacharya challenged Justice Bharadwaj’s order earlier than a division bench of justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, saying it was issued with out giving his consumer a listening to. The court docket requested him to method a daily bench.
