Accusation Against Ex-RG Kar Principal Is Grave, Could Attract Capital Punishment If Proved: Court

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: A designated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court denied bail to former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in the case pertaining to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor on the college premises.

A designated CBI court, while denying, has observed that the nature and gravity of the accusation against him is grave and could attract capital punishment if proved.

The central probe agency had arrested Ghosh and former officer in charge of Tala police station, Abhijit Mondal, for alleged tampering of evidence and delay in filing of FIR in the doctor's rape and murder case.