The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital got court permission to conduct a polygraph test on Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the state-run hospital.
Along with Dr Ghosh, four other doctors will also undergo the polygraph test in connection with the case that shocked the country, news agency ANI quoted CBI sources as saying. It was reported earlier today that the CBI team had approached a court seeking permission to conduct a polygraph test on the five doctors.
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The other four doctors named by the central agency were on duty on the day of the crime -- August 9.
Dr Sandip Ghosh had resigned as RG Kar Medical College Hospital principal following the crime at the hospital campus. He is being probed by the West Bengal government over the alleged disclosure of the rape-murder victim's identity.
Meanwhile, Akhtar Ali, a former state health recruitment board deputy superintendent accused 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.
On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI, which started its investigation on August 14.
The West Bengal government on Wednesday night removed three senior officials of the Kar Medical College and Hospital, bowing to the demand of junior doctors who have been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in the state-run health facility.
As per their demand, Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal doctor Sandip Ghosh, who was shifted to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital as its principal, was also removed from that position, Health Secretary NS Nigam said.
He said the three senior officials of the Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) were transferred to various state-run health facilities.