Kolkata: The CBI has despatched a letter to West Bengal Well being Secretary NS Nigam asking him to furnish particulars about why officers, allegedly concerned within the RG Kar Hospital corruption case, are nonetheless holding key positions on the medical institution, a supply mentioned on Wednesday.
The Calcutta Excessive Court docket on August 23 ordered the switch of the probe into the alleged monetary irregularities on the hospital from a state-constituted Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) to the central company.
The CBI can also be probing into the alleged rape and homicide of an on-duty postgraduate trainee contained in the hospital on August 9.
Within the letter to Nigam, the company has questioned why two docs — Debasish Som and Sujata Ghosh — have been nonetheless holding their respective positions.
Som is the previous Head of the Forensic Division of RG Kar Hospital and is at present holding the place of a ‘Demonstrator’ on the Forensic Medication and Toxicology (FMT), the hospital web site mentioned.
Sujata Ghosh is an Affiliate Professor of the Anaesthesiology division.
“These folks have been very very near the arrested former principal of RG Kar hospital Sandip Ghosh. There’s proof of that,” a CBI officer instructed PTI.
The CBI on September 2 arrested Sandip Ghosh and three others in reference to the alleged monetary misconduct on the hospital.
CBI officers have grilled Som a number of instances in addition to performed search operations at his residence and workplace in reference to their probe.
RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital’s former principal Sandip Ghosh and suspended police officer Abhijit Mondal have been arrested within the monetary rip-off on the hospital.
By the way, the junior docs on starvation strike since October 5 are demanding, amongst others, the removing of Nigam from the submit of well being secretary.
