The Bengal Health Department has suspended the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Sandip Ghosh, amid ongoing investigations into a recent rape and murder case. At the same time, the West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed a new anti-rape bill, proposed by CM Mamata Banerjee, which includes harsh punishments for rape convicts. However, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's proposed amendments to the bill were not accepted by the House.
After the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of the institute, became a controversial figure. He was recently arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in financial irregularities at the hospital. However, political observers believe that the West Bengal government has been trying to shield Ghosh, evident from their appointment of him as the principal of another medical college soon after his resignation. This has sparked protests and outcry against both Ghosh and the state government.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned former principal Sandip Ghosh for another round of polygraph tests in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate medico at RG Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata. The investigation, which was initiated after a single bench of the Calcutta High Court ordered the CBI to probe the alleged corruption at the medical college, has now extended to 14 other locations in the city. The incident has also prompted the Supreme Court to order the security of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to be handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).