He was later escorted to the CBI’s Nizam Palace office in Kolkata which houses the agency’s anti-corruption wing and was shown as arrested.
The hospital’s former deputy superintendent Dr Akhtar Ali had lodged complaints of financial irregularities on multiple counts at the establishment during Ghosh’s tenure as principal.
Ghosh was asked to go on leave by the state government after the murder of the trainee doctor came to light.
Earlier, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had suspended the membership of Ghosh. He was the vice principal of IMA Calcutta branch. The decision was unanimously taken by the disciplinary committee constituted by the National President Dr RV Asokan.
RG Kar medical college came into media glare after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in a seminar hall on August 9 for which a civic volunteer Sanjay Roy was arrested.CBI had begun lie detection tests on Ghosh and others as part of their probe into the rape-murder of the woman .
