Expediting its investigation in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission scam, CBI has today registered four new cases pertaining to the irregularities in medical supplies and carried out searches in 22 districts at 30 different locations. With the filing of these cases, now in total 12 cases are registered in connection with the Rs 10,000 crore NRHM scam.
Earlier on January 02, CBI had registered five cases and arrested accused in the NRHM scam. The arrested accused included former Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Managing Director Abhay Kumar Bajpai, former Director General, Family Welfare, SP Ram and trader Saurabh Jain. Uttar Pradesh Jal Board General Manager P K Jain who has been already arrested by investigating agency is accused for causing a loss of Rs 5.46 crore in the upgrading work of 134 district hospitals.
According to CBI, Rs 13.4 crore was given to Construction and Design Services, a unit of UP Jal Nigam, for the upgrade work of 134 districts hospitals. However, the materials installed in the hospitals were found to be of inferior and sub-standard quality thereby causing an approximate loss of Rs 5.46 crore to the exchequer.
Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry granted as much as Rs 10,000 crore to Uttar Pradesh under NRHM for the period 2005-06 till date.
