Rs 1.36 crore scam at Jamnagar Dental College, contractual employee under probe
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Jamnagar: A contractual employee working under the National Health Mission (NHM) at Government Dental College and Hospital has been accused of orchestrating a massive financial scam involving the alleged diversion of over Rs 1.36 crore from the Patient Welfare Committee account.
The alleged fraud came to light after senior officials of the institution lodged a formal police complaint against the contractual employee, accusing him of large-scale financial irregularities involving government grants and patient welfare funds.
According to sources, the Government Dental College and Hospital had been struggling with a shortage of permanent administrative staff for a long time, due to which several sensitive financial and administrative duties were reportedly assigned to contractual employees.
The accused was allegedly among those given official written authority to maintain financial records and manage banking transactions related to the Patient Welfare Committee account. Investigators allege that he misused this responsibility to carry out large-scale financial fraud over several months.
The alleged scam came to light on May 16, 2026, after a bank manager alerted Dr. Kansagara of G.G. Hospital regarding suspicious financial activity linked to the Patient Welfare Committee account. The bank manager reportedly informed officials that cheques issued from the committee’s account were being deposited into the personal bank account of a contractual employee, involving transactions amounting to several lakhs of rupees.
Following the alert, Dr. Kansagara informed the Dean of the Dental College, after which an emergency meeting of the Patient Welfare Committee and senior officials was convened. An internal preliminary inquiry was immediately initiated.
During questioning, the accused allegedly failed to provide satisfactory explanations regarding the suspicious transactions. Authorities then urgently obtained and scrutinised the bank statement of the Patient Welfare Committee’s account maintained with the Central Bank of India.
Investigators discovered that over the past six months, a total amount of Rs 1,36,19,350 had allegedly been transferred through 15 separate cheques into the accused’s personal account at Bank of India.
According to the inquiry, the accused transferred amounts ranging from Rs 46,000 to Rs 28.55 lakh on multiple occasions. The largest transfers were reportedly made during March and April,
The accused allegedly tampered with cheques issued from government grants received from Gandhinagar for patient treatment and salaries of outsourced employees.
Investigators suspect that the original cheque amounts and details were altered before being deposited into the accused’s personal account.
In connection with the alleged multi-crore financial scam, Dr. Sanjay Vallabhdas Umraniya, serving as Tutor Class-2 at Government Dental College and Hospital, has formally lodged a police complaint against the accused. Based on the complaint, police have registered a case under multiple sections related to criminal breach of trust, cheating, fraud, and tampering with documents, and further legal proceedings are now underway, reports Bhaskar English.
Investigators are now probing whether the accused acted alone or if other employees or external individuals were involved in the operation. Officials stated that if additional names emerge during the investigation, strict legal action will be initiated against all those found responsible.
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