RG Kar case: Trinamool MLA Sudipto appears before ED

TMC MLA Sudipto Roy appeared before the ED in Kolkata on Thursday for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, official sources said.

Roy is president of the West Bengal Medical Council and also holds charge of the RG Kar Patients' Welfare Committee. He was earlier questioned by the CBI, which is also probing into the alleged irregularities.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in the Salt Lake area around 1 pm. The premises of the MLA from Sreerampur in Hooghly district, apart from that of some others, was also searched by the ED on Tuesday.

Roy was asked to appear at the ED office in Kolkata on Thursday. Apart from questioning, some phones seized are to be opened in his presence, the sources said.

The CBI has arrested former college principal Dr Sandip Ghosh and three of his alleged associates in this case. The ED case, filed under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), stems from the CBI FIR.

The irregularities surfaced after the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman doctor at the hospital on August 9, leading to massive protests in West Bengal and a continuing impasse between doctors and the state government.

The ED, following raids at the locations of Ghosh, claimed his wife purchased two immovable assets without "proper approval" from West Bengal government authorities.