Financial Irregularities Scandal at RG Kar Hospital: ED Detains Key Associate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained Prasun Chattopadhyay, a data entry operator linked to ex-RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, for alleged financial irregularities. Chattopadhyay was taken from his residence and brought to a location where Ghosh built a farm house. The raids form part of a larger investigation into misconduct at the hospital.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday detained Prasun Chattopadhyay, a data entry operator at the Calcutta National Medical College and a known associate of arrested ex-RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the institution, an officer said.

Chattopadhyay was seen being taken out of his residence at Subhasgram in South 24 Parganas district around 2 pm by ED officials who previously conducted search operations at the premises for over seven hours. He was then taken to Madhya Narayanpur in Canning area where Ghosh had allegedly built a multi-crore farm house-cum-bungalow over a two-bigha plot three years ago.

This detention is part of broader search operations at nine locations in the city and its suburbs since early Friday morning, linked to alleged financial misconduct at the RG Kar hospital during Ghosh's tenure as principal. Ghosh and three associates were arrested by the CBI in the same case on September 3.

(With inputs from agencies.)