One of the accused in police custody
Rajkot: While claiming that no one else from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (PDU) hospital (Rajkot civil hospital) was involved in beds-for-cash scam, the city police on Thursday said two arrested persons had managed to get an 85-year-old woman admitted on the bed of a person who succumbed to Covid-19.
Police have arrested Jagdish Solanki (20), an attendant in the Covid ward and Hitesh Mahida (18), a sweeper, after video of the former striking a deal for Rs 9,000 had gone viral on Tuesday.
Detailing the modus operandi, police said Mahida used to look out for beds which got vacated as the patient occupying it died. He then alerted Solanki (20) who would be negotiating with relatives of needy patients outside the hospital.