New Delhi, July 4: The CBI has busted a network of officials of Union health ministry, National Medical Commission, intermediaries and representatives of private medical colleges allegedly involved in a litany of illegal acts, including corruption and unlawful manipulation of the regulatory framework governing Medical Colleges.
CBI has named 34 people in an FIR, including eight health ministry officials, a National Health Authority official and five doctors who were part of the National Medical Commission inspection team.
Tata Institute of Social Sciences Chairman, Gitanjali University Registrar, Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Chairman and Index Medical College Chairman have also been named in the FIR.
It is to mention here that CBI has recently arrested eight people in the case. These include three doctors of the NMC team who were arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 55 lakh for giving a favourable report to the Naya Raipur-based Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
CBI has mentioned bribes running into lakhs of rupees being exchanged between NMC teams, intermediaries and representatives of medical colleges, being routed through hawala and used for multiple purposes, including the one in the name of construction of a temple.
More reports awaited.
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