‘Kingpin of threat culture at R G Kar’: TMC Youth Wing member finds little support

The inferior doctors who person been starring protests implicit the rape and execution astatine R G Kar, and demanding an overhaul successful the moving of the authorities hospital, person accused Pandey of being the kingpin of “the menace culture” astatine R G Kar. They person besides accused him of regularly harassing inferior doctors.

A inferior doc of R G Kar told The Indian Express: “Pandey is the main antheral aft Sandip Ghosh who is the basal of each the corruption and menace civilization (at the Medical College and Hospital). In authorities aesculapian colleges, qualifying for a location unit presumption is precise tough, but Pandey got that accidental doubly due to the fact that of the unlimited power helium has wrong the authorities wellness system.”

Asked astir Pandey and whether they were readying immoderate enactment against him, Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) authorities president Trinankur Bhattacharya said, “He was not our leader, not adjacent a salient face. He whitethorn beryllium a wide subordinate of the TMCP. There are thousands of members similar Pandey successful the TMCP. So, what measurement volition we instrumentality against him!”

On September 25, erstwhile Pandey was summoned by the disciplinary committee of R G Kar for questioning, helium was accosted by the protesting inferior doctors.

An alumni of R G Kar who present works arsenic subordinate prof astatine its infirmary agreed with the allegations of the inferior doctors, recalling the clip Pandey and his squad “forcefully closed the alumni bureau and physically heckled erstwhile students”, allegedly astatine the champion of past R G Kar main Sandip Ghosh. “They besides filed an FIR against us. Instead of taking steps against Pandey and his team, constabulary harassed us.”

Former TMC MP Santanu Sen, who has been captious of the party’s handling of the R G Kar episode, said Pandey’s apprehension was not surprising. “This celebrated Ashish Pandey was the leader of corruption of assorted orders, including intimidating juniors, extorting wealth successful the sanction of festivals, controlling who failed and cleared exams, leaking questions, ragging successful hostels, illegally providing location unit positions, beating elder doctors, and locking the bureau of the alumni association.”

Sen besides accused Pandey of moving a idiosyncratic run against his daughter, a pupil astatine R G Kar, and him. “Pandey tried to tarnish my image, campaigned against me. They circulated mendacious posters successful my name, and came to bushed me.”

The CBI archetypal interrogated Pandey implicit alleged fiscal irregularities astatine R G Kar, on with different TMC doc leaders specified arsenic Avik Dey and Birupaksha Biswas.

Before Pandey, the CBI had arrested Sandip Ghosh, who was the main of R G Kar erstwhile the rape and execution happened, and 3 others successful transportation with its probe into alleged fiscal irregularities.