"Sandip Ghosh has been arrested, as I had predicted earlier": BJP West Bengal President Sukanta Majumder

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 2 (ANI): Follwing the arrest of the former principal of RG Kar Medical College, Dr Sandip Ghosh on Monday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Union State Minister Sukanta Majumdar said that he had predicted the arrest of Dr Ghosh in the corruption case despite being doubtful of his arrest in the rape and murder case of the postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
In a video message posted on social media platform X, Majumder said, "The arrest was bound to happen and it was a demand of the people of Bengal... I already had doubted if the CBI could arrest Dr Sandip Ghosh in the matter of rape-murder due to the lack of evidence but in the case of corruption, Sandip Ghosh has been arrested, as I had predicted earlier."
He further thanked the CBI for respecting the demands of the people of Bengal.
"The main thing is that the people of Bengal wanted this arrest to happen and for respecting the demands of the people of Bengal, I thank the CBI," he added.
In the same post, the West Bengal BJP President took a dig at TMC stating that Ghosh was arrested despite the TMC government's efforts of destroying evidence in this case.
"Former Principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, has been arrested by CBI. Despite the TMC government's attempts to destroy evidence, his corruption and wrongdoings will soon be exposed. The people of Bengal deserve the truth, and this arrest is a crucial step towards it," he said.
On Monday, the Anti-Corruption Branch of the CBI arrested Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College, along with three others, over alleged corruption and financial misconduct at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, according to sources cited by ANI.
Dr Ghosh was under investigation for alleged corruption and financial irregularities at the college and hospital, following a directive from a single bench of the Calcutta High Court, which ordered the CBI to probe the matter.
In addition to Dr Ghosh, two vendors, Biplav Singha and Suman Hazara, as well as Afsar Ali, the Additional Security to Dr Ghosh, have been arrested, the sources added.
On August 24, following the orders of the Calcutta High Court, an official FIR was registered by the CBI against Ghosh on the alleged corruption case.
Earlier today, Ghosh was taken to the CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch from the CBI's Special Crime Branch office following an ongoing investigation into a corruption case registered against him.
On Wednesday, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) of Kolkata suspended the membership of former Sandip Ghosh amid a CBI probe into the corruption case.
Earlier on August 26, the CBI also concluded a second round of polygraph tests on Dr Ghosh as part of their investigation into the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the institution.
The Calcutta High Court has granted the CBI three weeks to submit a progress report on the investigation, which is to be presented on September 17.
Earlier in the month, the Supreme Court ordered the security of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to be handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) while hearing the suo motu case concerning the incident.
The trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. (ANI)