Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has launched a comprehensive investigation into the financial irregularities at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The inclusion of the names of three commercial companies in the first information report (FIR) filed in the case underscores the seriousness of the approach in this case.
According to sources, the three new names in the FIR represent three business entities: Maa Tara Traders, Ehsan Cafe, and Kham Louha.
All of these names, Maa Tara Traders, Ehsan Cafe, and Kham Louha, were brought to light in a plea filed before the Calcutta High Court by a whistleblower and former deputy superintendent of R.G. Kar, Akhtar Ali. The court’s decision to instruct the CBI to take over the inquiry last week highlights the crucial role of whistleblowers in uncovering corruption.
The CBI filed a FIR against the former principal of R.G. Kar, Sandip Ghosh, who is already under investigation for financial irregularities and the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital earlier this month. The FIR named three business entities, Maa Tara Traders, Ehsan Cafe, and Kham Louha, based on specific clues that they were beneficiaries of the alleged irregularities.
On Sunday, the CBI sleuths conducted marathon raids and search operations at the residences of Ghosh at Beliaghata in central Kolkata and Maa Tara Traders Biplab Sinha proprietor in Howrah district. The raids and search operations were also conducted at some other places, including one former and one present official attached to R.G. Kar.
According to the findings of the CBI officials, sources said that Maa Tara Traders enjoyed a virtual monopoly in supplying different medical equipment to R.G. Kar because of its proprietor’s closeness with Ghosh.
Sources have revealed that CBI officials are conducting a thorough and multi-angle investigation into the financial irregularities at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. The investigation involves 15 specific charges of fund fudging, underscoring the seriousness of the allegations.
The main allegation is that different contracts were tendered to private and outsourced parties without the necessary approval from the state health department and the college council.
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–IANS
