The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed before the Special Court here its first charge sheet in connection with alleged irregularities in upgradation of 134 hospitals in Uttar Pradesh under the National Rural Health Mission accusing five former government officials, two companies and two others in the case.
The agency did not include the names of former Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and former MLA Ram Prasad Jaiswal in the charge sheet who are also accused in the case as investigation is still pending.
CBI sources said that during the investigation they found that of every Rs.100 allocated for hospitals, nearly Rs.68 was siphoned off by officials while the remaining Rs.32 was utilised in the project. “It was revealed during investigation so far that officials of C&DS in connivance with private persons allegedly misappropriated and cheated 68 per cent of the total amount received by C&DS for the upgradation of 134 district hospitals under the NRHM, thereby causing a loss of Rs.7.94 crore to the government exchequer in the case.”
They said the CBI will file a supplementary charge sheet giving details of the alleged role of Mr. Kushwaha and others.
The agency has charged former General Manager of UP Jal Nigam's Construction & Design Service P. K. Jain, former Project Manager B. N. Srivastava, ex-Resident Engineers Katar Singh, B. N. Ram Yadav, the then accountant J K Singh, Managing Director of a Ghaziabad-based Surgicon Mediquip Pvt. Ltd and R. K. Singh, proprietor of Modern Interiors, under IPC sections related to cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy besides relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
All the accused are in judicial custody. The agency has also accused companies Modern Interiors and Surgicon Mediquip in the case. - PTI
