Sandip Ghosh’s Registration Cancelled By Bengal Medical Council Days After Arrest In Kolkata Case

Kolkata: The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has cancelled the registration of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered on August 9. The move comes following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a rape-murder case and allegations of financial irregularities.

He has been removed from the list of Registered Medical Practitioners maintained by the WBMC, an official was quoted by PTI as saying. His licence was cancelled under various provisions of the Bengal Medical Act, 1914.

Ghosh, who is currently in CBI custody, was served a show-cause notice 13 days ago after the Bengal chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had urged the WBMC to revoke Ghosh’s medical registration. On September 7, the WBMC had issued a show-cause notice to Ghosh asking him to explain within three days why his registration should not be cancelled. Ghosh did not respond to the notice.