KOLKATA: A local court here on Sunday sent former principal of RG Kar hospital Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal to CBI custody till September 17, an officer said.Both Ghosh and Mondal were produced before a court here by the central agency in connection with the rape-murder of a doctor at the state-run hospital.”We have got their custody for three days till September 17. Now, both will be questioned together. The duo has played vital roles in the RG Kar case,” the officer told PTI.The CBI, probing the case, had on Saturday evening arrested Mondal and added charges of evidence tampering against Ghosh, who is currently in judicial custody in a corruption case related to the RG Kar hospital.Mondal also faces accusations of tampering with evidence, delaying registration of the FIR, and other related offences, according to the officer.The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital falls under the jurisdiction of Tala PS.The police officer was held after he “failed to provide satisfying answers” during questioning by the CBI officers on Saturday.The CBI claimed in court that “there could be a bigger conspiracy” and that both Ghosh and Mondal had played some “vital roles” in this crime.
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