September 21, 2024 10:19 PM.
Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI is interrogating three doctors at CGO Complex in Kolkata in relation to the RG Kar incident. Dr Birupaksha Biswas of Bardhaman Medical College, Dr Avik De of SSKM Medical College of Kolkata and Dr Saurav Paul of RG Kar Medical College are being interrogated.
All the doctors are believed to be closed to the arrested former principal Sandip Ghosh of the R G Kar Medical College. Birupaksha Biswas, who was recently transferred by the West Bengal Health Department from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital to remote Kakdwip hospital in South 24 Parganas district, appeared before officers of the CBI at its CGO Complex office in Salt Lake area.
“He is being questioned about his presence at R.G. Kar Hospital on August 9 despite having no official engagement, apart from other queries,” the officer told PTI.
Incidentally, an FIR has been lodged against Dr. Biswas and two other doctors — Avik De and Ranjit Saha — with Bowbazar police station for allegedly threatening students at different medical colleges and hospitals across West Bengal.
They have been booked under Section 351 (assault as making a gesture or preparation causing someone to believe that they are about to be subjected to criminal force) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.