KOLKATA: The CBI, probing the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College, on Thursday arrested Ashis Pandey , a house staff at the hospital and unit president of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad there.
Pandey, the fifth person to be arrested in the case, was reportedly close to former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and was allegedly involved in a number of scams at RG Kar.
Pandey had earlier appeared before CBI on Sept 20 in the PGT doctor's rape-and-murder case. He was on Thursday interrogated for nearly eight hours before being arrested. Though Pandey had initially denied any involvement in financial irregularities, he evaded answers when officers produced documentary evidence. An officer said Pandey, Ghosh's "right-hand man", got money from him.
According to an officer, Pandey's role surfaced after his phone number was found on the call lists of multiple accused. He was also reportedly present at the hospital on Aug 9, when the PGT doctor's body was discovered. He had thereafter checked into a Salt Lake hotel with a woman friend.
After his name surfaced in the case, Pandey went missing from his home at Golabari, Howrah. Though officers found his flat locked, his neighbours said he was seen there even after the incident.
RG Kar Hospital insiders said his proximity to Ghosh had made Pandey so powerful that no action could be taken against him despite allegations, such as his involvement in ragging at RG Kar's Maniktala hostel last year and him holding parties at the hospital guest house, where Ghosh was seen.
After Aug 9, junior doctors alleged 59 people had threatened them. An inquiry panel had summoned Pandey. In its reports to the RK Kar principal on Wednesday, the panel suggested strict action against 15, including Pandey.
Pandey, the fifth person to be arrested in the case, was reportedly close to former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and was allegedly involved in a number of scams at RG Kar.
Pandey had earlier appeared before CBI on Sept 20 in the PGT doctor's rape-and-murder case. He was on Thursday interrogated for nearly eight hours before being arrested. Though Pandey had initially denied any involvement in financial irregularities, he evaded answers when officers produced documentary evidence. An officer said Pandey, Ghosh's "right-hand man", got money from him.
According to an officer, Pandey's role surfaced after his phone number was found on the call lists of multiple accused. He was also reportedly present at the hospital on Aug 9, when the PGT doctor's body was discovered. He had thereafter checked into a Salt Lake hotel with a woman friend.
After his name surfaced in the case, Pandey went missing from his home at Golabari, Howrah. Though officers found his flat locked, his neighbours said he was seen there even after the incident.
RG Kar Hospital insiders said his proximity to Ghosh had made Pandey so powerful that no action could be taken against him despite allegations, such as his involvement in ragging at RG Kar's Maniktala hostel last year and him holding parties at the hospital guest house, where Ghosh was seen.
After Aug 9, junior doctors alleged 59 people had threatened them. An inquiry panel had summoned Pandey. In its reports to the RK Kar principal on Wednesday, the panel suggested strict action against 15, including Pandey.
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