Govt officials among 35 booked by CBI in med college graft case

CBI IN ITS FIR NAMED 35 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BEING IN A ‘DEEP-ROOTED CONSPIRACY’ TO SECURE FAVOURABLE TREATMENT FOR PVT COLLEGES

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu and Abhishek Sharan

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against officials of the Union health ministry, National Medical Commission, intermediaries and representatives of private medical colleges in connection with alleged irregularities and corruption during the mandatory inspections of private medical colleges.

The first information report, which was registered by the CBI on June 30 and came to light on Thursday, named 35 people, including former University Grants Commission chair and Tata Institute of Social Sciences Chairman DP Singh, Gitanjali University Registrar Mayur Raval, Rawatpura Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Chairman Ravi Shankar ji Maharaj and Index Medical College Chairman Suresh Singh Bhadoria, officials familiar with the matter were quoted as saying by news agency PTI.