Money laundering at RG Kar now comes under CBI lens
Times of India | 5 September 2024
KOLKATA: CBI has started probing alleged money laundering through academic funds diversion and disposal of bio-medical waste in RG Kar Hospital during arrested ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's tenure.
CBI has come across allegations of the hospital's funds being drained in counselling sessions for UG and PG students. In a 20-day counselling session, the hospital allegedly spent Rs 14 lakh on hiring CCTV cameras, sound systems, tables, chairs and computer accessories.Expenses for backing up data on a pen drive was between Rs 4,000 and Rs 12,000 per day.
CBI is also examining documents related to work orders for biomedical waste management companies without any treatment facility in Bengal. It has stumbled upon a complaint in which bio-medical waste was found at dump sites several kilometres from the hospital. It was alleged the companies dumped hazardous waste in plastic bags and left them open at the sites.