New Delhi, Oct 8
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against Dr Prithvi Krishna Patta, Medical Superintendent of the Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) Dispensary at Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur, and Kamlesh N. Lalwani, proprietor of M/s Sadguru Medical Stores, for their alleged involvement in a medical billing scam.
The CBI has accused the medical officer of generating false and inflated medical prescriptions that were later used by the private chemist to claim payments from WCL for medicines that were either overpriced or never actually dispensed.
“Based on these forged documents, inflated bills were submitted and paid to the private Medical Stores by the WCL Headquarters, Nagpur,” the CBI said in its press note.
The CBI is continuing its probe to assess the extent of financial losses caused to the public sector company and to trace any additional beneficiaries.