• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Dr. Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, for alleged financial misconduct at the institution.
• Ghosh's security guard and two vendors who supplied materials to the hospital were also arrested.
• The Calcutta High Court had ordered the transfer of the investigation into the alleged financial irregularities from a state-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the CBI.
• Ghosh is also being questioned in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman trainee doctor at the hospital.