CBI set to name Kushwaha in six more NRHM cases

Former Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Pradeep Shukla and former Director-Generals of Health and Family Dr SP Ram and Dr RR Bharti,who were allegedly responsible for allocation of NRHM funds,told CBI that the decisions regarding allocation of funds and award of contracts were always taken by Kushwaha and they only carried out his instructions.

Besides,senior officials of PACCFED,UPPCL,UPSIC and UPPCF,who are accused,have also told CBI that Kushwaha’s associate BSP MLC Ram Prasad Jaiswal used to issue them directions regarding awarding contracts and clearing bills of suppliers.

Based on these statements,CBI will name Kushwaha in these cases,sources said.

Case 1: Involves PACCFED officials’ alleged criminal conspiracy role with directors of private firms in awarding contract of upgradation of 89 district hospitals with Rs 89 crore,causing a loss of Rs 25 lakh per hospital to the exchequer.

Case 2: Maintenance contracts of 40 district hospitals,awarded to firms on forged and bogus documents,involving of Rs 160 crore.

Case 3: Irregularities in civil works and renovation of toilets in different hospitals,executed by UPSIC. A loss of about Rs 3.5 crore was caused.

Case 4: In the case involving Shreeton India Ltd,CBI filed an FIR into purchase of 951 computers at the cost of Rs 8 crore for NRHM’s district project offices from private firms Axis Marketing Ltd of Delhi and Noida and Radheyshyam Enterprises of Lucknow,causing loss of Rs 2.93 crore.

Case 5: On August 30,CBI lodged a case into alleged irregularities in allotment of an NRHM contract worth Rs 2.54 crore to a private firm Priyadarshi Print-O-Pack by UPPCF in 2010. PCF chairman Ram Chandra Pradahan and Kushwaha’s associate is under the scanner.

Case 6: The CBI found Kushwaha’s role in a case related to procurement of medical kits in which the contract was given to a Ghaziabad-based firm for Rs 31.59 crore,causing loss of Rs 10 crore to the government.