The principal of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, where a 31-year-old doctor was raped and murdered on August 9, has been sent to eight days of police custody after he was arrested in a case of financial irregularities yesterday by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The CBI had sought custody for 10 days for the accused.
The arrest was made in connection with the allegations of financial irregularities during his tenure, which are being investigated by the central agency alongside the rape-murder case.