KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths probing the case of multi-crore financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata have started taking legal steps to record the statements of former and controversial R.G. Kar principal Sandip Ghosh in the matter.
Ghosh is currently in judicial custody in connection with the case. ED officials have applied to a special court in Kolkata to record Ghosh’s statements at the correctional home under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
This particular section authorizes ED to summon individuals and compel the production of documents during money laundering investigations. These powers include administering oaths, receiving evidence on affidavits, and issuing commissions, making proceedings under this section judicial in nature and punishable for non-compliance.
The ED will submit information related to Sandip's recorded statement to the court on December 14.
It may be that on August 9 last year, the body of a post-graduate trainee was recovered from the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The incident had sent shockwaves across the country and beyond, resulting in widespread sustained protest movements by doctors, common man and even women members of households.