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Crime Branch widens PMJAY case probe linked to Ahmedabad hospital
The Crime Branch also indicated they are widening the scope of their investigation into the accounts of the hospital, which is at the centre of a fraud case linked to the PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) scheme.
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A total of nine accused are booked in three FIRs. File The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Ahmedabad City Police on Thursday said it has received a seven-day remand of Dr Sanjay Mulji Patolia, Bariatric Surgeon and Director of Ahmedabad Bariatrics and Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, the holding company of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital.
The Crime Branch also indicated they are widening the scope of their investigation into the accounts of the hospital, which is at the centre of a fraud case linked to the PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) scheme.
A total of nine accused are booked in three FIRs for culpable homicide not amounting to murder among other charges in a fraud case following the death of two PMJAY beneficiaries after they underwent angioplasty surgeries allegedly without informed consent.Meanwhile, anticipatory bail of Rajshree Pradeep Kothari, another director of the hospital, was also rejected by the court on Thursday. Kothari is one of two accused still absconding from the police, along with hospital chairman Kartik Jasu Patel. Seven others have been arrested so far.
The Crime Branch said that between September 1, 2021, and October 28, 2024, the hospital had treated 8,534 patients of which 3,842 were treated under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana — Mukhyamantri Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) scheme.
A total of 112 patients had died at the hospital during this time.
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