Hours before the hearing begins in Supreme Court in the Kolkata rape and murder case, the West Bengal government has filed a complaint against former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh stating that the departmental inquiry found ‘criminal nexus’ between Ghosh and ‘certain unscrupulous contractors’ and ‘collusive bidding’ for several works in the hospital premises.
Some of the allegations even date back to April 2022, when Ghosh, the former principal has been accused of ‘showing evidence of obtainment of work orders despite not having proper licences, ineligibility to participate in tender and quotation process’.
Based on the complaint, the Kolkata Police initiated a case against Ghosh under charges of forgery and criminal conspiracy, and also slapped charges under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. The complaint has been lodged by a special secretary from the state’s health department. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in charge of Bengal’s health department as well. News18 has exclusively accessed the complaint.
What Is The Complaint?
In the complaint, Debal Saha, an IAS officer, who holds the position of the special secretary at the state’s health department, stated, “This is to inform you that this Department had received a complaint against Dr Sandip Ghosh, the then Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata with regard to financial irregularities in different procurements and allied matters. Upon examination of the complaint, it has transpired during departmental investigation that there is a criminal nexus between Dr Sandip Ghosh and certain unscrupulous contractors leading to award of various works of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata to them.”
“The findings have revealed that there existed collusive bidding or bid rigging leading to award of such works to one M/s Eshan Café, M/s Khama Louha and M/s Ma Tara Traders. M/s Eshan Café was awarded the contract of running a cafeteria in an apparent instance of collusive bidding,” the special secretary said in the complaint.
The former principal of the medical college and hospital has also been accused of several other financial irregularities. The health department, after receiving several complaints of financial corruption against the principal, had initiated a department inquiry. With the findings, the department has decided to lodge a police complaint, said a senior officer in the West Bengal health department.
Significantly, the government has also formed a four-member SIT, headed by an IG ranked officer to investigate the alleged financial corruption complaints against Sandip Ghosh.
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