ACB raids former SRP, Central Jail medical officer

NAGPUR, SEPT 17: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday carried out simultaneous raids on the hospital and residential premises of a former medical officer MO with the State Reserve Police SRP as well as the Central Jail, Dr Hemant Bhaurao Ravekar, for amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Ravekar 8211; an MBBS, DCH, specialising in treatment of child ailments and skin diseases 8211; faces charges of amassing wealth worth Rs 17 lakh which is beyond his known sources of income, Superintendent of Police ACB Shrikant Sawarkar told The Indian Express on Thursday evening.

This includes a spacious nursing home-cum-residential premises 8211; Tajkrupa General Hospital 8211; built on a sprawling plot at Narmada Colony along the Katol Road, a Maruti van and some residential plots, one of which is located in the city. The hospital was built some four to five years back while Ravekar was in service.