Dr Hemant Gupta, an honorary physician at Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, has had his contract terminated after his name came up in an ongoing investigation into an alleged scam related to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s jumbo Covid-19 centres. Dr Gupta is one of the co-owners of M/s Lifeline Hospital Management Services, which secured a contract from the BMC to provide manpower at the jumbo centres. The Enforcement Directorate alleges that the company obtained the contract using forged documents and had no previous experience in providing manpower for medical facilities. | Mumbai news
The ED's investigation relates to a deposit of ₹10 crores that was made into the current account of Chandrika daily newspaper during the 2016 demonetisation drive of the Central government.