The Calcutta High Court has transferred an SIT investigation into alleged irregularities by former RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh, to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The nodal agency is also investigating Ghosh over the rape-murder of a resident doctor at the hospital campus on August 9.
Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was taking up a plea by former deputy superintendent at RG Kar, Akhtar Ali, who alleged that he had lodged several complaints against Ghosh before state authorities, but no action had been taken. He contended that only after the unfortunate death of the doctor had the state constituted the SIT.
In the previous hearing, the Court had questioned why the State only initiated the SIT probe after the unfortunate incident on 9th August, when many complaints had been filed earlier. While directing for the SIT’s probe to be transferred to the CBI, the Court held that subsequent to the hapless incident on August 9, the inquiry into the same was transferred to the investigation agency.
Several agencies investigating similar facts may lead to delays and inefficiencies due to the involvement of multiple parties. Hence, the court directed that the SIT investigation into Sandip Ghosh be transferred to the CBI. It added that the CBI may file a status report into the same on the next date of hearing.
RG Kar hospital has been the scene of a gruesome rape and murder of a 2nd year PG medical student last week, leading to mammoth protests across the country. The High Court had also transferred the investigation into the doctor’s rape and murder to the CBI, which had just begun its investigation a day before the vandalism occurred.
The Calcutta High Court transferred the investigation into the gruesome incident to CBI, upon noting that the state police had not been proactive in the investigation of the incident and the state administration was not with the victim or her parents.