ED Steps In to Investigate Financial Irregularities at RG Kar Hospital

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a money laundering investigation into alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a woman trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered.

This move follows an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED case names the same individuals accused in the CBI’s complaint: former principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh and three Kolkata-based private entities—Ma Tara Traders, Eshan Cafe and Khama Louha.

Reports reveal that the ED has collected relevant banking and procurement records from the hospital and college. Summons for questioning the accused may soon be issued.

The CBI had earlier registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act after taking over the investigation from a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the West Bengal government, as per the Calcutta High Court’s directive. The CBI subsequently conducted raids on the premises of Ghosh, ex-medical superintendent Sanjay Vashisth, and 13 others in Kolkata, claiming to have found “substantial evidence.”