The CBI had arrested a neurosurgeon of Safdarjung Hospital and his four accomplices in March for allegedly forcing patients into buying surgical equipment from a particular establishment at exorbitant prices.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The CBI has filed a fresh FIR against Safdarjung Hospital neurosurgeon Manish Rawat, who was arrested in March in a bribery case, for allegedly amassing Rs 2.40 crore worth of illicit assets, officials said. India News | Bribes for Surgery: CBI Slaps Fresh Case Against Safdarjung Neurosurgeon for Amassing Illicit Assets.
Investigation has revealed that Rawat had allegedly obtained illegal money of Rs 2.5 crore to Rs 3 crore from patients in the last two years and invested it in his wife’s shell companies.
The neurosurgeon Dr Manish Rawat and four of his accomplices; Deepak Khattar, the proprietor of Kanishka Surgical, and middlemen Avnesh Patel, Manish Sharma and Kuldeep Kumar are accused of allegedly forcing patients to buy surgical equipment from a particular establishment at exorbitant prices.
Investigators said they expect the scale of the racket to be bigger, and are learnt to have asked the hospital administration to share patient records dating back till 2017, when the doctor joined.