NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday arrested former principal Sandip Ghosh of RG Kar Hospital and police officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal for the destruction of evidence in connection with the Kolkata rape-murder case. The development came just minutes after the protesting doctors returned from CM Mamata Banerjee's residence without holding a meeting as the impasse continued.
Earlier, Ghosh was arrested by the central agency in a separate investigation into financial irregularities and is currently in judicial custody until September 23. Further, Abhijit Mandal, the officer in-charge of Tala police station has also been arrested.
On August 26, the CBI conducted a second round of polygraph tests on Ghosh as part of their investigation. Ghosh is currently held in solitary confinement at Presidency Central Jail, where he was transferred earlier this week following a special court's order remanding him until September over alleged financial misconduct at RG Kar Hospital.
The CBI alleges that Ghosh embezzled funds and made 84 illegal appointments between 2022 and 2023.
Ghosh was arrested by the CBI on September 2 in connection with this case. The Calcutta high court had mandated a CBI investigation following the rape and murder of a junior doctor on the hospital grounds.
The high court has given the CBI until September 17 to submit a progress report on the case.
The body of the 31-year-old doctor was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, which has caused an widespread outrage across the nation.
Earlier, Ghosh was arrested by the central agency in a separate investigation into financial irregularities and is currently in judicial custody until September 23. Further, Abhijit Mandal, the officer in-charge of Tala police station has also been arrested.
On August 26, the CBI conducted a second round of polygraph tests on Ghosh as part of their investigation. Ghosh is currently held in solitary confinement at Presidency Central Jail, where he was transferred earlier this week following a special court's order remanding him until September over alleged financial misconduct at RG Kar Hospital.
The CBI alleges that Ghosh embezzled funds and made 84 illegal appointments between 2022 and 2023.
Ghosh was arrested by the CBI on September 2 in connection with this case. The Calcutta high court had mandated a CBI investigation following the rape and murder of a junior doctor on the hospital grounds.
The high court has given the CBI until September 17 to submit a progress report on the case.
The body of the 31-year-old doctor was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, which has caused an widespread outrage across the nation.
