RG Kar graft probe may extend to other medical institutions in Bengal: SC

RG Kar graft probe may extend to other medical institutions in Bengal: SC

AmitAnand.Choudhary@timesofindia.com 01.10.2024

New Delhi : SC Monday said the ongoing CBI probe into the rape-murder of a doctor and financial irregularities in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital could be expanded to include other medical institutions of West Bengal after it was alleged that there was a well-entrenched gang working in the state. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said it would not hesitate to expand the ambit of the probe into financial irregularities in other institutions. 

It also asked CBI to share its report with the state govt so that departmental action could be taken against people named for allegedly covering up the murder or indulging in financial irregularities. The bench was hearing a suo motu case related to the rape-murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College after which people hit the road in massive protests. 

Prez: Attacks on docs unacceptable Attacks on doctors by patients or their relatives are unacceptable, President Droupadi Murmu said Monday. “None of the doctors wants any harm to patients, but on many occasions, the solutions are not available in science,” she said at the 10th convocation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and RML Hospital. TNN 

‘Corrupt people are holding top positions in hosp’ The court also expressed dissatisfaction over the slow progress by the state govt in installation of CCTVs and construction of toilets and separate resting rooms in govt medical colleges. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the West Bengal govt, assured the court that the state would try to complete the task by Oct 15. Going through the probe report placed before it in a sealed cover, the bench said substantial leads had come up in the investigation. Senior advocates Indira Jaising and Karuna Nundy, appearing for a resident doctors’ association, said many people facing allegations of financial irregularities were still holding positions of power in RG Kar Hospital. 

They said it was necessary that those people be kept under suspension till the probe was over. They said it would be difficult for doctors to work if such people continued to hold office there. Dwivedi assured the court that action would be taken if CBI shared the names of such people. The court also directed solicitor general Tushar Mehta to submit a report on the progress of National Task Force.