CBI conducts searches in Kolkata over 'financial irregularities' in RG Kar hospital
New Delhi/Kolkata (PTI): CBI sleuths on Sunday launched search operations on the premises of former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, ex-MSVP Sanjay Vashisth and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the institute, officials said.
The anti-corruption unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also searching the residences and offices of those engaged in supplying materials for management and care of patients.
At least seven officers of the central probe agency have been questioning Ghosh at his Beliaghata residence since 8 am, while others are grilling Vashisth, the former medical superintendent and vice principal of the hospital, and another professor of the forensic department of the medical establishment, among others, they said.
Accompanied by a huge team of central forces, the CBI team, which reached Ghosh's residence around 6 am, was made to wait for nearly one-and-half hours before he opened the doors, the officials said.
Another team of CBI officers also conducted searches at the ex-principal's office at the hospital and also went to the canteen in the academic building.
A postgraduate trainee woman doctor was allegedly raped and murder in the seminar hall of the hospital on August 9, following which a Kolkata Police civic volunteer was arrested.
The gruesome crime resulted in nationwide protests by doctors and citizens.
On the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI registered cases into the killing as well as alleged financial irregularities.
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CCTV footages reveal extent of damage during Nagamangala violence
at least 25 shops ransacked, vehicles set ablaze
Mandya: On Wednesday night, Nagamangala witnessed a wave of violence as looters targeted over 25 shops, vandalising properties and setting stolen motorcycles ablaze. The unrest followed clashes between two groups the previous day.
CCTV footage revealed the extent of the destruction, showing men breaking into a bike showroom, damaging vehicles before setting them on fire. Miscreants also dismantled surveillance cameras before looting several shops, including a textile store and a scrap materials shop, both of which were reduced to ashes.
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The fire department received its first alert at 9:15 PM, with units from Nagamangala, KR Pet, Mandya, and Channarayapatna joining forces to extinguish the blaze. Around 50 firefighters battled the flames until early Thursday morning.
Nagamangala police have registered 10 FIRs, including charges of arson and theft. In response, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal announced a bandh in the town on Friday.
