CMRF scam: Two hospital employees held in Nalgonda; had submitted 19 fake applications
The accused fabricated rubber stamps of doctors and hospitals from local printing shops in Miryalguda.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 2 Sept 2024 8:53 AM IST
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Hyderabad: Telangana CID has arrested two persons involved in a fake CMRF bill scam in Doctors Colony, Nalgonda.
On August 23, complaints were received from the Revenue Department, TG Secretariat, Hyderabad, indicating discrepancies in the Chief Ministerās Relief Fund (CMRF) applications submitted by various hospitals across different districts of Telangana State.
Based on these complaints, a total of six cases were registered, and an investigation was initiated.
During the investigation of one of the cases, registered in Cr. No.10/2024 U/s. 465, 468, 471, 420 r/w 511 of PS CID, TG, it was revealed that two individuals were involved in this fraudulent activity in the Nalgonda area. These applications contained fake CMRF bills created using fraudulent documents to deceive the government. The individuals used desktop computers to create fake medical bills.
The accused are identified as Gotti Giri, a Medical Practitioner (RMP) at Chanikya Hospital, and Leki Reddy Saidi Reddy, a Supervisor at Naveena Multi Specialty Hospital, Miryalguda.
They also fabricated rubber stamps of doctors and hospitals from local printing shops in Miryalguda. They charged Rs. 4,000 per application from individuals to arrange fake CMRF applications, thereby defrauding the government. They submitted 19 fake applications under the names of two hospitals: Amma Hospital, Nalgonda, and Naveena Multi Specialty Hospital, Miryalguda.
The police seized a computer hard disk containing soft copies of fake medical bills, rubber stamps, and letterheads of the alleged Naveena Multi Specialty Hospital, Miryalguda.
The accused were produced before the Court of Judicial First Class Magistrate (Special Mobile) at Nalgonda for judicial remand.
