CBI Adds Two to RG Kar Graft Case With Supplementary Chargesheet

Overview

• The supplementary chargesheet was submitted Monday at the special CBI court, and the court is yet to take cognisance.
• Former deputy superintendent Akhtar Ali and Shashikant Chandak are newly named, with Ali previously known as the whistleblower against then principal Sandip Ghosh.
• Akhtar Ali has not been arrested; his recent resignation was not accepted and he was suspended by the West Bengal Health Department.
• The Health Department linked alleged kickbacks to procurement, citing deposits of ₹2.39 lakh to Ali and ₹50,000 to his wife, and investigators also noted sponsored air travel.
• An earlier chargesheet named former principal Sandip Ghosh and four others, all of whom were arrested as the Calcutta High Court–directed probe continues.