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News Topical, Digital Desk : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has unearthed a major scam, involving a deep web of representatives of the Union Health Ministry, National Medical Commission (NMC), middlemen and private medical colleges.
This sensational case has revealed corruption and tampering of rules. CBI has filed an FIR against 34 people. This includes eight officials of the Health Ministry, one employee of the National Health Authority and five doctors of the NMC inspection team.
Many big names came forward
Many big names have also come to light in this scam. These include Tata Institute of Social Sciences chairman D.P. Singh, Geetanjali University registrar Mayur Rawal, Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences chairman Ravi Shankar Ji Maharaj and Index Medical College chairman Suresh Singh Bhadoria.
CBI has also arrested eight people in this case, including three doctors of NMC. They are accused of taking a bribe of Rs 55 lakh to benefit Rawatpura Institute of Naya Raipur.
Eight officials of the Health Ministry conspired to commit a scam
According to the CBI FIR, the entire scam revolves around eight officials of the Health Ministry, who passed on highly confidential documents and sensitive information to medical colleges through middlemen. In return, a huge bribe was taken.
These officials also influenced the inspection process of NMC. They provided information about inspection dates and inspectors to colleges in advance, allowing colleges to conspire for fraud.
The FIR names Poonam Meena, Dharamvir, Piyush Malyan, Anoop Jaiswal, Rahul Srivastava, Deepak, Manisha and Chandan Kumar of the Health Ministry. These people used to search confidential files and take pictures of the comments of senior officials and send them to middlemen. This information gave medical colleges an opportunity to strengthen their position by bending the rules.
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