CBI raids 15 sites in Kolkata linked to ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh in corruption case

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The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  is carrying out searches at several locations in Kolkata linked to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and his relatives.

The CBI took over the probe in the corruption case linked to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on the direction of Calcutta High Court.

As reported by PTI, citing CBI sources, the operation involved 15 locations associated with Dr Ghosh and his family throughout the city. “A CBI team also reached the residence of Dr Debashish Som, Demonstrator of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at RG Kar  Medical College and Hospital, on Sunday morning,” they told PTI.

These actions come in response to a complaint lodged three days prior by Akhtar Ali, the former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Ali's complaint accused the institution of corruption and irregularities, specifically naming Dr. Debashish Som.

On Saturday, the CBI registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Dr. Sandip Ghosh following orders from the Calcutta High Court. The investigation was launched after the High Court directed the CBI to look into the alleged corruption at the medical college.

Earlier, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered the security of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to be handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) while hearing the suo motu case concerning the rape and murder of the trainee doctor.
The trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.