HYDERABAD: The state CID has registered cases against 28 private hospitals across Telangana and begun investigating allegations of creation of fake bills to syphon off lakhs from the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF).
The CID registered six cases against hospitals located in Hyderabad, Khammam, Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Hanamkonda and Mahabubabad districts on Friday.
CMRF provides monetary assistance to those who cannot pay for expensive medicare or have lost their kith and kin. The CID is probing whether some employees of these private hospitals colluded with private individuals to create fake documents and make wrongful gain from the CMRF.
The scam, which reportedly took place many months ago, came to light after DSN Murthy, a section officer of the CMRF Revenue department in the Secretariat, filed a complaint with the police.
Alleging that the accused created fake bills, the complaint said: “After preparation of the bills, the same were submitted to the Chief Minister’s Office for the sanction of CMRF”.
According to the available details, of the 28 hospitals suspected to be involved in the scam, 10 are based in Khammam, 10 in Hyderabad, three in Nalgonda, two in Mahabubabad and one hospital each in Hanamkonda, Karimnagar and Peddapalli.
The hospitals in Hyderabad that figured in the FIRs are Aruna Sree Multi Specialty Hospital at IS Sadan X Road, Sri Krishna Hospital in Saidabad, Janani Hospital in Saidabad, Hiranyaa Hospital in Meerpet, Delta Hospital in Hasthinapuram, Sree Raksha Hospital in BN Reddy Nagar, MMS Hospital in Sagar Ring Road, ADRM Multi Speciality Hospital in Ramanthapur, MMV Indira Multi Speciality Hospital in Kothapet and Sri Sai Thirumala Hospital in Bairamalguda.
The CID has registered cases under Sections 465, 468, 471, 420 read with 511 of the IPC. As of now, six investigation officers have been appointed. The CID DG has directed these officers to submit preliminary inquiry reports within a fortnight.