The RG Kar corruption case has already led to the arrest of former principal Sandip Ghosh and four others (File Photo)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday night raided the house of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Dr Sudipta Ray in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, in Kolkata.
Ray, who was also the chairman of RG Kar hospital’s ‘Rogi Kalyan Samiti’, when a trainee woman doctor was raped and murdered on August 9 last year, was not present at his house during the raid.
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The CBI team, accompanied by two officers involved in the case, started searching his residence and nursing home in north Kolkata’s Sinthir More area. CBI sources said the raid may continue throughout the night.
According to CBI sources, the raid is related to the RG Kar corruption case.
This is not the first time Ray’s house has been raided by the CBI. A year ago, the investigating agency had raided his residence and nursing home, seizing three mobile phones. Ray was questioned but not arrested.
The RG Kar corruption case has already led to the arrest of former principal Sandip Ghosh and four others, Afsar Ali, Ashish Pandey, Biplab Singha and Suman Hazra, who are currently in jail custody.
Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal.
Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur.
He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More
