Rs 6 lakh worth of drugs seized



The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) scam is getting bigger with each passing day. The scam — which already runs into several crores — saw an important development late on Friday night when the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of

crime branch arrested Navin Uppal, the owner of two medicine stores at Bhagirath Place. The scam, say officials, is already worth Rs 8 crore. ‘‘Ever since the crime branch raided his stores, Navin has been absconding. With his arrest, we hope to know the names of others involved in this racket. Total seizures so far have been over Rs 12 lakh, many more will follow,’’ said Neeraj Thakur, additional commissioner of police (crime).

Cops had earlier sealed the two shops. ‘‘We took the court’s permission and raided the store. We have confiscated drugs worth over Rs 6 lakh in this raid. The drugs were for poor government servants under the CGHS scheme,’’ said an SIT official.

Crime branch sources indicated this was just the tip of the iceberg. ‘‘What began as an investigation into irregularities at Ambedkar Hospital has now spread across other city hospitals. We will look into the role of a number of shopkeepers, doctors and senior CGHS officials. Some of them have sent their children abroad for education which they wouldn’t have been able to afford normally,’’ added the officer.

The crime branch had earlier arrested four persons on charges of pilfering medicines and equipment meant for CGHS dispensaries and selling them on the open market. Two of the arrested were CGHS employees.

Sources said police have already seized pilfered items worth over Rs 8 lakh. On a tip-off that various top-end, life-saving medicines and other equipment meant for CGHS dispensaries in east Delhi were being pilfered and disposed of in connivance with some private medical shop owners, SIT had registered a case of pilfering on December 5.

‘‘The team arrested two CGHS employees after they were found supplying drugs to the racket. The accused have been identified as Revati Prasad Sharma, a storekeeper at Vivek Vihar CGHS dispensary and Mithun Tyagi, a computer operator from Ghaziabad who handled stock data at the Yamuna Vihar dispensary. Cops suspect Mithun tampered with the records to conceal the pilferage,’’ said an investigating officer.

Sources added crime branch conducted raids at two medical stores and arrested their owners. While Mukesh Sharma runs a store in Ghaziabad, Devender Tiwari owns a store in Karawal Nagar. Joint commissioner (crime) Amulya Patnaik said: ‘‘We are expecting more seizures and arrests soon.’’
Source:Times of India

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