Former cop, RG Kar ex-principal Ghosh get bail in rape-murder case

While ex-cop Mondal was accused of alleged delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at RG Kar Hospital on August 9, ex-principal Ghosh was accused of tampering of evidence in the case

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Kolkata, Updated At : 05:50 PM Dec 13, 2024 IST

Dr Sandeep Ghosh. File photo

The Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor.

While Mondal was accused of alleged delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at RG Kar Hospital on August 9, Ghosh was accused of tampering of evidence in the case.

The two were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the rape-murder case on an order of the Calcutta High Court.

The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM), Sealdah court, granted bail to the two accused as the charge sheet against them was not filed within the mandatory 90-day period, a lawyer representing Ghosh said.

Mondal's lawyer told reporters outside the court that he would walk out of the correctional home where he is incarcerated on judicial remand.

Ghosh, who is on judicial remand in another case of alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, would however, remain behind bars despite being granted bail in the rape-murder case.