3 more, including Arogya Mitra, held in 'cash-for-bed scam' in Bengaluru By IANS | Published on Mon, May 10 2021 20:48 IST | 25 Views Crime. Image Source: IANS News Bengaluru, May 10 : The Bengaluru central crime branch police on Monday arrested three persons including a health department official who talked about the 'cash for bed scam' in hospitals at a time when the Covid second wave is sweeping across the state. With the arrests the total number of arrests touched seven with the CCB having arrested four persons on Friday, a CCB press release stated here on Monday. According to the police, the three arrested on Monday have been identified as Shashidhar, an Arogya Mitra, apart from Venkat Rao and Sudhir Umarani, who were working in two separate private hospitals and used to coordinate with Shashidhar to block and unblock beds of the hospitals they represented.