"He was brought here at 3am in a drowsy condition. He is better now," said Pradip Mitra, the director of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research at the hospital.
The guard at his cell noticed him, and he was rushed to the hospital. According to doctors, he consumed sedative tablets. The jail authorities are likely to be questioned on how Ghosh could access the sedatives.
On Monday, Ghosh had threatened to commit suicide if the ‘influential people’ named in the scam were not arrested within 72 hours.
"He was extremely depressed even during the last hearing (on Monday). We informed the court too. It is surprising how sedatives found their way inside the jail," said Soumyajit Raha, Kunal Ghosh's lawyer.
Ghosh has accused some top Trinamool Congress leaders of being involved in the scam.