Suspicious bag found near RG Kar College amid doctors protest

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 12 (ANI): A suspicious bag was found near the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here on Thursday. Dog squads and bomb disposal teams reached the spot after they received the information.

Meanwhile, a team of the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday reached the residence of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, at Chinar Park in Kolkata to carry out a search operation.

Earlier, calling for a transparent discussion with MoS Health (West Bengal) Chandrima Bhattacharya over the RG Kar medical hospital incident amid the continuous protest by the doctors in Haryana, Dr Arnab Mukhopadhya on Thursday said we have all the discussion channels open, but our prerequisite conditions aren’t unfair.

“We have seen that a public meeting was organised by the state government. MoS Health (West Bengal) Chandrima Bhattacharya was there, he said certain things including – that he wanted an open heart discussion with us. We are also waiting for that. It would be better and we have demanded that the discussion be live telecasted to maintain transparency. He said that he is disheartened, I want to say that he is disheartened while sitting in the AC room while we are here. We have all the discussion channels open, but our prerequisite conditions aren’t unfair… We will continue our protest,” Dr. Arnab Mukhopadhya told ANI.

Meanwhile, Junior doctors continued their protest at the Swasthya Bhawan Salt Lake area of Kolkata.

On September 10, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court remanded Sandip Ghosh and three others to judicial custody till September 23 in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital financial irregularities case.

The Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Sandip Ghosh on September 2.

Ghosh was under investigation for alleged corruption and financial irregularities at the college and hospital, following a directive from a single bench of the Calcutta High Court, which ordered the CBI to probe the matter.

The second-year postgraduate medical student was raped and murdered inside the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College on August 9.