Overview

• TMC MLA and Kolkata Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh was questioned at his Shyambazar residence as part of the investigation into alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
• Ghosh said he received a notice under Section 179 of the BNSS for witnesses and stated he cooperated fully during a roughly two to two-and-a-half hour session.
• Investigators noted Ghosh was an ex-officio member of the hospital’s Rogi Kalyan Samiti by virtue of his MLA seat, and his name surfaced during the ongoing inquiry.
• The operation came a week after a CBI search targeting TMC MLA and doctor Sudipto Roy, who headed the patient welfare board, with the CBI and ED previously conducting multiple raids in the case.
• The broader case has seen the arrest of former principal Sandip Ghosh and others, with charges framed under the Prevention of Corruption Act in July, while TMC leaders denounced Friday’s raid as political vendetta.