Ex-principal of RG Kar Hospital held over ‘financial irregularities’
Hindustan TimesThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday evening arrested former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh over allegations of financial irregularities in the premier government facility during his controversial tenure. Former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh after he was arrested by CBI in connection with the alleged financial misconduct at the establishment, in Kolkata, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Ghosh is accused of illegally using bodies for research, illegally selling biomedical waste generated in the hospital, and multiple financial irregularities such as extending favours to some firms without floating valid tenders. This is the first arrest by CBI since it took over the investigation into the ghastly crime that has sparked sweeping protests across the country, though Ghosh’s arrest was in a related case, and not the main one.