West Bengal Health Department Suspends RG Kar Principal Amid Financial Misconduct Probe

The West Bengal health department has suspended Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, after his arrest by the CBI for alleged financial misconduct. This comes 26 days after the body of a female medic was found at the hospital. The High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the irregularities.

The West Bengal health department has suspended Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, following his recent arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for alleged financial misconduct.

The suspension comes just 26 days after the body of an on-duty woman medic was discovered inside the hospital's seminar hall, raising questions about possible connections between the alleged financial irregularities and her death.

The High Court has transferred the probe into the financial irregularities from a state-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the CBI, in response to a petition by former deputy superintendent Dr. Akhtar Ali, who also called for an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation.

(With inputs from agencies.)