Former principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station in-charge Abhijit Mandal were sent to CBI custody till September 17 by a Kolkata court. Both Ghosh and Mandal were produced in the court by the central agency in connection with the rape and murder of a woman doctor at this government hospital. The officer said, “We have got their custody for three days till September 17. Now both will be questioned together. Both have played an important role in the RG Kar case.”
The CBI, which is investigating the case, arrested Mandal on Saturday evening. A charge of tampering with evidence was also added against Ghosh. Ghosh is currently in judicial custody in the corruption case related to RG Kar Hospital. According to the official, Mandal is also accused of tampering with evidence, delay in filing an FIR and other related crimes. RG Kar Medical College and Hospital is located in Tala police station area.
Why was the police station in-charge arrested
The SHO was arrested after he failed to give satisfactory answers during questioning by CBI officials on Saturday. The CBI claimed in court that there could be a larger conspiracy. Both Ghosh and Mandal played a key role in the crime. The agency said Mandal was informed about the doctor’s death at around 10 am on August 9, but the FIR was registered at around 11 pm.
‘An attempt to cover up a heinous crime’
The investigating agency told the court that both of them had tried to downplay the incident as well as cover up the heinous crime. Actually, this is a rape-murder case, so the police should have taken it as a suo motu case from the very beginning. The CBI arrested Ghosh on September 2 in connection with financial irregularities in the hospital. The body of the woman doctor was found in the seminar hall of the hospital on August 9. So far 3 people have been arrested in the rape-murder case.