Kolkata Hospital Scandal: ED Interrogates Ex‑Principal After Bail

Kolkata’s Enforcement Directorate has taken former RG Car Medical College principal Sandeep Ghosh into its Salt Lake office for a fresh round of questioning. Ghosh arrived close to 1:30 pm on Tuesday, well after a scheduled 11:00 am slot that his lawyer had secured for the earlier appearance.

The ED originally issued a notice on 4 November, which Ghosh failed to honor, leading to a request for a later hearing. The agency’s investigation is being conducted parallel to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case that began in 2024.

In that year, the CBI arrested Ghosh on suspicion of channeling public funds from the hospital’s bank account to the accounts of favored vendors and contractors. After spending time in police and judicial custody, the Supreme Court released him on bail on 15 October 2024.

The alleged financial misconduct became public after a tragic incident in August 2024, when a junior female doctor was brutally assaulted and killed on the campus. The murder triggered massive public outrage, protests, and demands for accountability.

Investigators claim that large sums of government money were illicitly transferred to businesses closely linked to Ghosh, prompting both the ED and the CBI to intensify their inquiries into the college’s financial records.