New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against Sandeep Ghosh, former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and three others in a money-laundering probe into the institution, the agency said on Friday.
ED has filed a case (chargesheet) against Sandeep Ghosh, former principal, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and three other accused entities. (Representative photo)On August 9, 2024, a trainee doctor was raped and murdered inside the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by former civic volunteer Sanjay Roy. Ghosh was then the head of the medical college and hospital.
In January 2025, the Sealdah Sessions Court sentenced Ray to life in prison to run out his normal life.
Federal financial crime investigation agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched an investigation based on a First Information Report (FIR), which focused on financial irregularities in the medical college.
“The ED has filed a charge sheet against Sandeep Ghosh, former principal, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and three other accused entities,” the agency said in a statement on Friday.
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It is alleged that Sandeep Ghosh misused his official position, unfairly and fraudulently granted undue benefits to companies operating as a cartel under the control of co-accused Biplop Singha and Suman Hazra.
“The ED investigation revealed that substantial deposits of RG taxes were made from accounts of medical colleges and hospitals in contractors’ accounts, in connivance with contractors, withdrawn through bearer checks issued to their close associates or transferred to affiliates and withdrawn for cash and projects for crime. (PoCs) as unchanged. It was also revealed that direct PoCs were mixed with other funds, withdrawn in cash and routed through multiple levels of financial transactions,” the agency said. said
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It further stated that in lieu of such illegal favors and patronage, Sandeep Ghosh received illegal gratification and financial benefits from the said contractors, thereby securing undue benefits or financial gains for himself and others by awarding contracts worth approx. ₹6.89 crores.
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“The investigation also revealed that the income Sandeep Ghosh earned from the private medical practice was in cash and grossly disproportionate to the large cash deposits in his bank account. The cash receipts, falsely assumed to be professional fees without providing any medical services, constituted unaccounted gratification for issuing work orders to companies owned by HapLab Singh. The accounts and gifts of Sandeep Ghosh and his wife Layered by transfers of family members under disguise, thereby knowingly projecting the same as unconverted money,” the ED said.
The company said it has identified and linked immovable and immovable assets of value ₹52,38,651 of Sandeep Ghosh in the case.
