Dr Sandip Ghosh, who resigned as RG Kar Medical College Hospital principal following the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at the institute, was involved in several illegal activities including the selling of unclaimed bodies, a former deputy superintendent has claimed. Dr Ghosh has been grilled for over sixty hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 31-year-old doctor's murder. He is being probed by the West Bengal government as well over the alleged disclosure of the rape-murder victim's identity.
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It was Akhtar Ali, a former state health recruitment board deputy superintendent who alleged Dr Sandip Ghosh of leading several unethical and criminal activities. Apart from selling unclaimed corpses, the principal took money from students for the illegal trafficking of medical waste. The whistleblowing last year saw Akhtar Ali being transferred.
Here are five major allegations levelled against Dr Sandip Ghosh, an orthopaedic surgeon during his practising days, by Akhtar Ali in an explosive revelation.
1. Dr Sandip Ghosh took money from students who failed examinations. Many students fell prey to this scandal, Ali alleged.
2. Dr Sandip Ghosh maintained contacts in Bangladesh. These people were willing to take medical wastes including used gloves, syringes and other equipment from RG Kar Medical College Hospital. These went against the regulations in place regarding safe disposal of medical wastes.
3. The former hospital employee alleged that as much as 20 per cent of every tender acquired was collected by Dr Ghosh as commission. Vendors who were willing to pay him rich dividends were given priority, he added.
4. According to whistleblower Ali, he had tried to raise this issue with Dr Sudipta Roy, chairman of the West Bengal Health Recruitment Board. However, he was threatened by the official with termination instead of probing the allegations, he told the press.
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5. The principal took money for anything and everything -- from hostel allotments and staff selection, transfers, or even housestaffship, the former deputy superintendent was quoted as saying by media reports.
