Kolkata: The West Bengal Health Ministry Tuesday suspended Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a female junior doctor was brutally raped and murdered last month, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested him in connection with alleged irregularities at the hospital during his tenure.
“In view of the ongoing criminal investigation against Prof. (Dr.) Sandip Ghosh, Ex- Principal, RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, Prof. (Dr.) Ghosh is placed under suspension under Rule 7(1c) of West Bengal Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1971 with immediate effect” an office order issued by West Bengal Health Department said.