Pharmacy Manager Booked Over Alleged Diversion of Rs 1.42 Lakh in Patient Medicine Payments
Ahmedabad: Vastrapur police have booked a pharmacy store manager at a private hospital for allegedly diverting Rs 1.42 lakh paid by more than 50 patients for medicines into his personal account through Google Pay and allegedly selling a mobile phone belonging to the pharmacy. The total alleged loss has been estimated at Rs 1.47 lakh.
The accused has been identified as Himanshubhai Kirtikumar Gajjar, who had been working as the pharmacy store manager at Parth Hospital for around three months. The pharmacy is operated by Bharatbhai Jethabhai Pithiya. According to the complaint filed at Vastrapur Police Station, the alleged transactions took place between June 13 and September 7.
The alleged irregularities came to light on Tuesday evening after a relative of a doctor associated with the hospital allegedly informed the complainant, a 37-year-old chief operating officer at Parth Hospital, that Gajjar was accepting medicine payments in his personal account. The information was subsequently conveyed to the hospital management.
Gajjar was called to the hospital and questioned about the allegations. When management asked him to produce a mobile phone issued by the pharmacy, he allegedly stated that he had sold the device. The hospital then examined the pharmacy’s Google Pay transaction records.
The records allegedly showed that payments totalling ₹1.42 lakh made by more than 50 patients for medicines between June 13 and September 7 had been credited to Gajjar’s personal account without the pharmacy’s knowledge. The complaint alleges that the medicine payments were therefore diverted away from the pharmacy.
The pharmacy also alleged that Gajjar had sold a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone worth approximately ₹5,000 belonging to the pharmacy. Taking the alleged diversion of patient payments and the value of the handset together, the total alleged loss has been placed at ₹1.47 lakh.
The complaint alleges breach of trust and seeks a detailed investigation into the transactions and the disposal of the pharmacy-owned mobile phone. Police are examining the digital payment records, patient transactions and other relevant details to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged diversion, reports the Gujarat Samachar.
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