10 September 2024

On September 6, 2024, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Kolkata Zonal Office executed search operations at seven locations, including the residence of Dr. Sandip Ghosh and properties linked to his close relatives and associates. This action is part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fund misappropriation involving the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and others, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The investigation was prompted by an FIR filed by CBI, ACB, Kolkata, addressing various IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act violations.

During the searches, it was revealed that Dr. Sangeeta Ghosh, wife of Dr. Sandip Ghosh, had acquired two properties without proper state approval. A post facto approval was later granted by Dr. Sandip Ghosh in 2021 while he was the Principal and she was an Assistant Professor at the same college. The ED's searches uncovered documents related to multiple properties, including flats in Kolkata and Murshidabad, and a farmhouse owned by the couple. Incriminating documents and digital devices belonging to Dr. Sandip Ghosh were also seized, with suspicions that the properties were purchased using illicit funds.