Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, turned up at the Enforcement Directorate's Salt Lake office on Tuesday, several hours behind his scheduled appearance, IANS reported.

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Ghosh was scheduled to appear at 11 a.m. At that hour, his counsel reached the central agency's office, but Ghosh himself arrived a little before 1.30 p.m. and went straight inside to face questioning by ED officials investigating the alleged multi-crore financial irregularities at the institute, according to the IANS report.

This was the second ED summons in the matter. Ghosh had earlier been summoned for interrogation on November 4, but he did not turn up on that day and instead sought time from the agency. A Times of India report said he had cited illness and sought 15 days' time, after which a fresh summons was issued asking him to appear on November 10.

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The ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are conducting parallel investigations into the alleged irregularities at the medical college. The CBI arrested Ghosh in 2024 in connection with the case, and the Supreme Court granted him bail on October 15 this year, IANS reported. The ED's charge sheet in the case has also named two businessmen, Suman Hazra and Ashraf Ali, as accused, according to the Times of India report.

The alleged financial irregularities, involving several crores of rupees, came to light after a junior woman doctor was raped and murdered on the hospital premises in August 2024. The allegations against Ghosh remain under investigation, and the ED's questioning forms part of its probe into financial transactions linked to the institute.