Corruption Racket Busted in Govt Hospital in Delhi: CBI arrests Neurosurgery Associate Professor of Safdarjung Hospital

New Delhi: An associate professor with the Neurosurgery department at the prominent Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi has now been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, for allegedly being involved in illegal activities and accepting money in exchange for medical advice. 4 others of his accomplice including middlemen and a proprietor of a surgical store has also been arrested in the matter by the CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a neurosurgeon of Safdarjung Hospital here and his four accomplices, who allegedly forced patients into buying surgical equipment from a particular establishment at exorbitant prices, officials said on Thursday

The spokesperson divulged that the doctor coerced the patients into paying more than the actual price for the surgical items and that the shop owner shared the profits of overbilling with the accused physician.

The investigation further revealed that Rawat directed his patients to deposit bribes ranging from Rs 30,000 to Rs 1.15 lakh into a middleman's bank account.

The officials alleged that bribes of Rs 1,15,000, Rs 55,000 and Rs 30,000 were taken recently in three different instances from the attendants, patients of Dr Rawat, through a private person in the bank account of the other accused. "The same was done on the directions of the neurosurgeon," the officials added

The agency has also accused Rawat of siphoning off the excess money generated by the sale of overpriced surgical equipment, enriching himself and his co-conspirators through bribes, and laundering their ill-gotten gains through various companies controlled by a private individual.