RG Kar Medico Death Case: CBI conducts 13-hour raid at Ex-Principal's residence, seizes piles of documents

According to the PTI report, on Sunday, the CBI launched simultaneous search operations on the premises of Ghosh, Vashisth and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities in the medical establishment, officials said.

The anti-corruption unit of the CBI also searched the residences and offices of individuals involved in supplying materials for patient care and hospital management.

According to a complaint lodged by Akhtar Ali, former deputy superintendent of RGKMCH, Ghosh, during his tenure as the principal of the hospital, along with his associates, had issued tenders for the construction of food stalls, cafes, canteens, and urinals without the permission of the health department and the college council, news agency PTI reported.

Medical Dialogues had recently reported that the agency began interrogating former principal Sandip Ghosh and former medical superintendent and vice principal Sanjay Vashisth on Monday.

Ghosh, whose Beliaghata residence was searched by CBI officers on Sunday, appeared at the central agency’s office in Salt Lake on Monday morning with files and documents, an officer of the agency said.

Vashisth, whose house was also raided by the CBI officers, appeared before the central agency’s detectives at Nizam Palace, the officer said, adding that a forensic medicine department professor was also called for questioning at the same office.

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