Kolkata rape-murder accused's role in money chain: Getting patients from local nursing homes, running tout racket
Times of India | 12 August 2024
Accused Sanjay Roy would charge money for arranging hospital beds and tests KOLKATA: An independent investigation by TOI following the horrific rape-murder of a young doctor has revealed several other ills plaguing R G Kar Medical College and Hospital under the current dispensation led by principal Sandip Ghosh.
One of them is the "regular practice" of "helping" cash-strapped patients being treated in nearby nursing homes get beds at the hospital - of course - for a fee.And Sanjay Roy, the civic volunteer arrested by cops for the crime, has been a key part of this chain.
"He had great connections with the local police station and was very pally with every junior and senior officer posted at the cop outpost of the hospital. There is one junior officer in particular with whom he mostly used to team up to run the racket. But the money he charged from the harrowing patients filled several pockets in an organised chain," said a source at the hospital.
Cops probing into the rape and murder of the young post-graduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Hospital said since 2019 Roy was never deployed in any police activity.
"He was part of the police welfare cell and his job at R G Kar was only knowing and helping those who would get admitted there. He had no role in the police outpost. However, he visited this hospital regularly and used to visit the outpost very frequently," said an officer.
Among some of his other activities was heading a racket of touts who would charge money for several ills and malpractices at the hospital like arranging multiple visiting cards and hospital beds and tests before others in the queue.
"Spotting patient relatives arriving at the RG Kar Hospital, who were seemingly well to do, he would also lure some of them to nursing homes nearby promising better treatment than the govt hospital while claiming doctors from the same hospital will treat patients there," said another source at the hospital.
Sources said flaunting his connections with some senior officers of Kolkata Police, he had even threatened the district reserve officer to allot him a spot in the fourth battalion barrack at Bidhannagar.
"He is known to drop names often to get his jobs done and claimed to know multiple influential police officers," said the officer.
Another officer said flaunting his connections and riding a motorbike that had KP written on the visor, he also allegedly duped young jobseekers promising them jobs within the force for a fee. "There is also an allegation against him that he had taken over Rs 2 lakh from a hawker promising him a job as a civic volunteer," said a source.