The Enforcement Directorate (ED) submitted its chargesheet in a Kolkata court regarding the multi-crore financial irregularities at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, known for the tragic rape and murder of a junior woman doctor on its premises. Both the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were investigating the case simultaneously, with the CBI also probing a broader conspiracy related to the heinous crime.
While the CBI had previously filed its chargesheet in the financial irregularities case, the ED presented its first chargesheet recently. The ED, like the CBI, identified the former principal of R.G. Kar, Sandip Ghosh, as the primary accused in the financial misconduct. Additionally, two private vendors, Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra, were named as beneficiaries in the case.
The chargesheet by the ED also implicated Hazra Medical, a supplier of medicines and medical equipment to R.G. Kar, in the alleged irregularities. The financial misconduct at R.G. Kar primarily involved manipulating the tendering process, awarding contracts to private entities bypassing official channels, and unauthorized sale of organs from unidentified bodies slated for autopsy.
In the CBI’s earlier chargesheet, officials highlighted a suspicious rise in assets and properties of the accused individuals, particularly Ghosh, subsequent to his appointment as the college principal. The CBI pointed to Ghosh as the mastermind behind the purported scam. Furthermore, the CBI detailed how Ghosh profited from the illicit sale of organs from unclaimed bodies brought to the R.G. Kar morgue for post-mortem examinations.
The investigation revealed that an average of 60 bodies annually went missing since 2021. The West Bengal Human Rights Commission labeled this act as an exceptionally bizarre crime.
