KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the transfer of the probe into the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of its former principal Sandip Ghosh from a state-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the CBI.
The agency also got permission from another city court to conduct a polygraph test on Ghosh, main accused Sanjay Roy and four others in connection with the rape and murder of a doctor at the hospital earlier this month.
Ghosh was removed from the post after the incident that sparked nationwide outrage. The high court’s decision to transfer the case to CBI came in response to a petition by a former deputy superintendent of the facility, Akhtar Ali, who sought an ED probe into alleged financial misconduct at the state-run institute during Ghosh’s tenure.
Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed the CBI to submit a progress report on the investigation within three weeks. The court will hear the matter on September 17 to review the report and has ordered that the case diary and other documents be handed over to the CBI.
Meanwhile, Roy was produced in the court on Friday following the completion of his police custody. He was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. The agitating junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital conveyed that they would continue with their protest and cease work that has now surpassed a fortnight and crippled public healthcare services in West Bengal.
“We are yet to see any tangible progress in the CBI’s investigation nor heard anything from the agency on how close it is to crack the case. We have, hence, decided to continue with our movement,” a protesting doctor said.
CBI officers maintained they were concentrating on how the crime was executed without any hindrance in the facility’s seminar hall where the door’s tower bolt was found broken.
The agency was also trying to figure out if someone was stationed outside the hall to ensure that the crime went undisturbed.