Ketan Desai suspended from BJ

Ketan Desai suspended from BJ

Government rejected resignation forwarded by dean; he had sent it five days ago by post
AHMEDABAD MIRROR BUREAU


Medical Council of India President Ketan Desai, arrested on graft charge, has been suspended from the post of head of department of urology at B J Medical College in Ahmedabad.
The fact came to light on Sunday though the family members of Desai were given the suspension order on Saturday evening, said Principal Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department, Rajesh Kishore.
Desai had resigned five days ago and the college sent the resignation letter to the health department on Saturday. He had sent the letter by post to the dean of B J Medical College. The government did not accept the resignation and suspended him instead, added Kishore.
Sources said the matter was sub judice. Any matters related to Gujarat government and B J Medical College that the CBI chargesheet, yet to be filed, mentions would be investigated further.
The suspension is based on the CBI report. Moreover, based on the report, a departmental inquiry would be conducted in the matter.
“Once the CBI provides us its report, we will be able to decide what action should be taken against Desai as per rules,” he said. Desai initially worked as a professor at B J Medical College and was later elevated as head of the department of urology at the medical college. The CBI had on April 22 arrested Desai and three others in connection with a Rs 2 crore bribe for permitting a medical college in Punjab to admit students despite lack of infrastructure.
Desai is currently in judicial custody. He and the other accused were booked by CBI under various provisions of Prevention of Corruption of Act, criminal misconduct and payment of money.
Subsequent searches at various premises of Desai reportedly revealed huge amounts of cash, investments and gold running into crores of rupees.