The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Ashish Pandey in connection with a graft case against R G Kar college ex-principal Sandip Ghosh. Pandey is understood to be a Trinamool Congress youth leader.
Pandey, who is said to be close to Sandip Ghosh, was under the probe agency’s scanner. He was questioned by the CBI on September 30, news agency PTI reported.
The former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh was arrested in the corruption case on September 2. However, later the probe agency took his custody in the August 9 rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the medical college in Kolkata.
Acting on the directions of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI registered its FIR and booked Ghosh and three Kolkata-based private entities including Ma Tara Traders of Madhya Jhorehat, Banipur, Howrah; Eshan Cafe of 4/1, Belgachia, and Khama Louha.
The agency has filed the FIR against Ghosh and the private entities under Indian Penal Code sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating) and the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The premises of all the entities named in the CBI FIR were also searched during the operation.