RG Kar ex-principal claims unawareness of doctor’s death until police complaint
Kolkata: Former principal of R G Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, has maintained that he only learned about the death of a PGT doctor at around 10:20 am on August 9, 2024, nearly 50 minutes after a first-year PGT student discovered the doctor lying in the seminar hall.
Ghosh stated that he missed an earlier call at 10:00 am from Sumit Roy Tapadar, an associate professor of respiratory medicine at the hospital, because he was in the shower. Upon returning Tapadar’s call at 10:20 am, Ghosh claims that he first became aware of the incident.
Ghosh, who has been under investigation for 18 days by both the Kolkata Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), underwent two polygraph tests. He has consistently stuck to his timeline, stating that after learning of the death, he immediately contacted several people at the hospital, including the officer in charge of Tala police station.
The OC reportedly informed him at 10:30 am that he was already aware of the incident. Ghosh stated that he reached the hospital at around 11:00 am.
Investigators are also probing the presence of several individuals known to Ghosh, who were at the hospital before the victim's parents were notified of their daughter's death.
The CBI is scrutinising Ghosh's call records and questioning the hospital administrative officer, with plans to conduct further polygraph tests. Security guards on duty at the hospital's gates on the morning of August 9 are also being questioned as part of the investigation.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
