September 10, 2024: In a dramatic turn of events, Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been remanded to judicial custody until September 23 by a special CBI court. Ghosh's arrest on September 2 was the culmination of a high-profile investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the state-run medical institution.

The Calcutta High Court had ordered the transfer of the investigation into the alleged financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, where Ghosh had been the principal since 2021 - with a brief hiatus in between - from a special investigation team of the Kolkata Police to the CBI on August 23. The order had come after a former deputy superintendent of the facility, Dr Akhtar Ali, had sought an investigation.

Mr Ali had accused Sandip Ghosh of involvement in the illegal sale of unclaimed corpses, trafficking of biomedical waste, and issuing tenders to select medicine and medical equipment suppliers in exchange for commission. He had also alleged that students were pressured to pay amounts running into lakhs of rupees to pass exams.