The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in its financial irregularities case, asking him to appear before the agency on November 10, according to a report by Times of India.
The latest notice was issued on Thursday after Ghosh did not appear in response to an earlier summons scheduled for November 4. He had cited illness and sought 15 days’ time, the report said. The fresh summons places the former principal’s appearance before the agency on a new date while the financial irregularities investigation continues.
Ghosh is already facing proceedings in a related case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. He was granted conditional bail in October after spending two years in jail in the CBI’s financial irregularities case, according to the report.
The Enforcement Directorate’s case is separate from the CBI investigation but concerns the same broader allegations involving financial irregularities linked to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The agency has sought Ghosh’s appearance as part of its probe into the matter.
The ED has also named two businessmen described in the report as being close to Ghosh — Suman Hazra and Ashraf Ali — as accused in its charge sheet. The charge sheet was filed earlier this year before the CBI special court.
The case has placed the administration and financial oversight of a major government medical institution under continuing investigation. Any further questioning of Ghosh is expected to focus on the financial matters being examined by the agency, although the supplied report does not provide details of the specific transactions or allegations cited in the charge sheet.
Ghosh’s scheduled appearance on November 10 is the next stated procedural step in the ED’s proceedings. The supplied report does not indicate whether he will comply with the fresh summons or whether the agency will take any further action if he does not appear.
