CBI conducts searches in Kolkata over 'financial irregularities' in RG Kar hospital

CBI conducts searches in Kolkata over 'financial irregularities' in RG Kar hospital

CBI conducts searches in Kolkata over 'financial irregularities' in RG Kar hospital

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: CBI sleuths on Sunday launched search operations on the premises of former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, ex-MSVP Sanjay Vashisth and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the institute, officials said.

The anti-corruption unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also searching the residences and offices of those engaged in supplying materials for management and care of patients.

At least seven officers of the central probe agency have been questioning Ghosh at his Beliaghata residence since 8 am, while others are grilling Vashisth, the former medical superintendent and vice principal of the hospital, and another professor of the forensic department of the medical establishment, among others, they said.