The CBI on Monday arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh and three others in connection with the alleged financial misconduct at the establishment, officials said.
Within an hour of Ghosh’s arrest, CBI officers picked up his security guard and two vendors who used to supply materials to the hospital where the body of a woman medic, who was raped and murdered, was found on August 9.
The opposition BJP claimed that this arrest will expose the TMC government’s attempts to destroy evidence and cover up Sandip Ghosh’s wrongdoings.
Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said had the state health department, which is under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, initiated action Sandip Ghosh after complaints were filed against him, the present embarrassment could have been avoided.
West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose described the arrest of Sandip Ghosh as “the beginning of the end”. He, however, did not elaborate.