TMC student wing leader nabbed in RG Kar graft case

The CBI on Thursday arrested TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey in connection with the alleged corruption case against former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital Sandip Ghosh, an official said.

Pandey, who is said to be close to Ghosh, was under the probe agency’s scanner and was questioned by the CBI on September 30, they said. Ghosh was arrested in the corruption case on September 2. Later, the agency took his custody in the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the state-run medical college on August 9.

The ruling TMC in West Bengal reacted with caution, while the BJP expressed happiness over the development, saying with this arrest, the CBI had shown it was moving on the right path. Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (students’ unit) state chief and party spokesperson Trinankur Bhattacharya said: “We are yet to hear details about the case. But as of now, we can say that the law will take its own course and we have faith in the justice system.”