The Special CBI court in Kolkata on Friday granted bail to former principal RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh in connection with the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the establishment. The bail was granted as the Central Bureau of Investigation failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory 90-day period. However, Ghosh will remain in jail for the time being due to ongoing investigations into the RG Kar Medical College Hospital corruption case, where he is also an accused.
In its chargesheet, the CBI claimed that Ghosh allegedly helped two cartels in procuring hospital contracts. The CBI has named Ghosh, former House Staff of the medical college Ashish Kumar Pandey, and businessmen Biplab Singha of Maa Tara Traders, Suman Hazra of Hazra Medical and Afsar Ali Khan of Eshan Cafe, in the charge sheet.
Inputs from Onkar Sarkar