CBI finds more names in RG Kar corruption case

The CBI has reportedly found more names who were involved in the case of financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for which former principal Sandip Ghosh was arrested along with three others.

"More people were involved in the irregularities which were carried out in a well-planned manner," he said, adding that at times there were no footprints of the financial misconduct.

The central probe agency has submitted before a court that Ghosh had played a vital role in siphoning off funds and orchestrated 84 illegal appointments during his tenure at the hospital as the principal from 2022 to 2023.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also conducting a simultaneous investigation of the financial irregularities case revealing that the former principal and his wife own a luxurious bungalow in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

They also discovered more property owned by Ghosh and confiscated several "important" documents during search operations at his residence, as well as those of his relatives and accomplices.

The ED has filed an ECIR against Ghosh and started their probe. An ECIR is generally filed by the ED as the case information report. It is similar to a first information report (FIR) in criminal cases.

Media reports also claimed that a racket was functioning in the health department, which controls various aspects of the administration including transfers. The racket also allegedly indulges in unfair means during examinations of students.