New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday launched a search operation at the premises of former principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the institute during his tenure, officials said.
The central probe agency is also searching 14 other locations in the city, including that of the accused and their associates, they said. The medical college came into media glare following the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in a seminar hall on August 9 in which a traffic police volunteer Sanjay Roy was arrested.
The gruesome crime resulted in nationwide protests by doctors and citizens. On the directions of the Calcutta High Court the CBI has registered cases into the killing as well as alleged financial irregularities.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court had requested the protesting doctors to resume their duties and directed that no coercive action be taken against them. The state government had also appealed to the junior doctors to return to work to address the large number of patients at state-run hospitals.
In response to the doctors' demands, the state government removed three senior RGKMCH officials on Wednesday and cancelled the transfer of former principal Ghosh to the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital.
The incident of rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee doctor has sparked widespread outrage both in India and internationally. The CBI took over the investigation from Kolkata Police last week, following an order from the Calcutta High Court.
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