Kolkata, Sep 17: The Bengal chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday wrote to the West Bengal Medical Council urging it to cancel the registration of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh.

Following Ghosh's arrest by the CBI on September 2 in connection with the alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Hospital, the WBMC had on September 7 issued a show-cause notice to him asking him to reply within three days on why his medical registration had not been cancelled.

There has been no response from Ghosh, who is now in CBI custody following his arrest in the rape-murder case, the sources said.

On Tuesday, the IMA Bengal, in a letter to WBMC president Sudipto Roy, also a TMC MLA, asked him why Ghosh's medical registration was still not cancelled despite the provision for doing so in its constitution.

The IMA also asked Roy, who is considered close to the former principal, "to keep your personal relationship with Dr Sandip Ghosh apart and cancel his medical registration immediately".

The letter was written by the state president of the IMA Bengal unit Dilip Kumar and former national president Santanu Sen.

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Bengaluru: A recent comment by Karnataka High Court Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, referring to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as "Pakistan," has triggered widespread outrage. The remark was made during a hearing where the judge referred to Gori Palya, a sublocality in west Bengaluru.

While speaking about the locality, Justice Srishananda said, "Go to Mysore Road flyover, every auto rickshaw has 10 people. It is not applicable because the Mysore flyover head left to the market from Gori Palya is in Pakistan, not in India. This is the reality. No matter how strict a police officer you put there, they will be beaten up there."

The judge's comment, captured in a video, has since gone viral on social media, sparking a wave of criticism. Many users have expressed shock and concern over the remark, especially considering the judge’s constitutional role.

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Brinda Adige, a Bengaluru-based activist, condemned the statement, saying, "Absolutely unacceptable talk by a judge whose job demands respectable speech. Why is this unfit duty bearer continuing in the Karnataka High Court? He is a government servant, granted powers by our Constitution. Suspend this government worker."

Advocate Sanjoy Ghose also voiced his concern, stating, "A judge of an Indian Constitutional Court referring to fellow citizens of a different faith as Pakistani! Astonishing."

Although the video is being shared widely across social media handles, it is unclear when the judge made the remarks or in what context.

 

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