ED files charge sheet against ex-RG Kar principal in money laundering case
ED files charge sheet against ex-RG Kar principal in money laundering case
ED filed a charge sheet against former RG Kar Medical College principal Dr Sandip Ghosh and three others for financial irregularities tied to the Kolkata institution.
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed its first charge sheet against Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, and three others in a case of financial irregularities linked to the institution, coming days after a rape and murder inside the hospital.
The ED said the charge sheet named Ghosh and two contractors, Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra, who supplied medical equipment to the hospital during Ghosh’s tenure, alleging tender rule violations. The third person or entity was not named in the disclosure.
The agency added that substantial amounts credited to the contractors’ accounts from RG Kar College’s accounts were siphoned off through withdrawals via bearer cheques by close associates or transfers to related firms, with the aim of concealing and distancing the proceeds of crime as untainted funds. It also claimed that the direct proceeds were intermingled with other funds and moved through multiple layers of financial transactions.
The ED’s action forms part of a broader financial irregularities probe into RG Kar Medical College, which was initiated after a CBI FIR filed in November 2024 in connection with the hospital’s administration. Separately, the rape-and-murder case involving a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee is being probed by the CBI, with authorities stating that the ED investigation into the financial side is a parallel track to ensure accountability for any illicit gains.
The charge sheet was filed at a Special ED court in Kolkata, with Ghosh and the other accused reportedly in judicial remand as the agency pursues further leads and confronts tender irregularities and alleged cartelisation in contract awards at the institution.
