The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh and a police officer for allegedly missing the evidence and causing delay in the FIR registration in the trainee doctor's rape and murder case.
The CBI has also added rape and murder charge against Ghosh.
Earlier, Ghosh was arrested by the central agency in the case relating to probe on financial irregularies at the hospital. The CBI had alleged that Ghosh had been operating a 'criminal nexus' along with other 'co-accused' for 'wrongful gains'. The agency had also arrested two vendors for alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Hospital.
Presently, he is in judicial custody till September 23. CBI had applied in court seeking Ghosh's custody.
The arrested police officer is Tala Police Station SHO Abhijit Mondal. Mondal was questioned by the CBI officials on Saturday for several hours and was arrested later for discrepancies in statements.
Three persons have so far been arrested in connection with the rape and murder case.
Earlier, one civic volunteer was arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the rape and murder case on an order of the Calcutta High Court.
The central agency arrested Ghosh on September 2 in the case of financial irregularities at the hospital.
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Meanwhile, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visited the protesting doctors outside 'Swasthya Bhavan', the state health department headquarters, on Saturday and assured justice to the victim. While addressing the junior doctors during their dharna, Banerjee said, "I came to meet you as your 'Didi', not as the chief minister...This is my last attempt to resolve the crisis."
Despite failed attempts, the protesting doctors agreed to meet with CM Banerjee for discussions at her residence to resolve the RG Kar impasse. However, it was another failed attempt as the meeting failed to start.
The agitating doctors said that it seems the "government is not serious about resolving the issue."
On Thursday, the West Bengal government invited the protesting doctors for talks again but they did not attend despite reaching the venue as they demanded a live telecast of the meeting which the government turned down.
The doctors have been protesting since a junior doctor was raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
