ED Raids Former RG Kar Medical College Principal's Residence: A High-Profile Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the residence of Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, in Kolkata over financial irregularities. Ghosh, currently in CBI custody, is facing money laundering charges. He filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the CBI probe ordered by the Calcutta High Court.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) executed searches at the residence of Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and other locations in Kolkata in connection with financial irregularities at the college. The ED's action follows the registration of a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to investigate money laundering allegations against Ghosh.

Ghosh currently remains in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). On Wednesday, he appealed to the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court decision mandating a CBI investigation into the corruption case against him.

The Supreme Court has scheduled his plea for hearing on September 6 before a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The CBI had arrested Dr. Sandip Ghosh on September 2 following allegations of corruption and financial irregularities at the medical college, as directed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court. Consequently, Ghosh was placed in an 8-day police remand on Tuesday.

The CBI officially registered an FIR against Ghosh on August 24, after directives from the Calcutta High Court. Amid the ongoing investigation, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in Kolkata suspended Ghosh's membership. Earlier, on August 26, the CBI conducted a second round of polygraph tests on Dr. Ghosh during their probe into the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the institution.

The Calcutta High Court has given the CBI a three-week deadline, until September 17, to submit a progress report on the ongoing investigation. The trainee doctor was found deceased in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. (ANI)

(With inputs from agencies.)