Former AIIMS Rishikesh Director booked over alleged irregularities
- byDoctor News Daily Team
- 01 October, 2025
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Rishikesh:The Uttarakhand Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against theformer director ofAIIMS Rishikeshand three others for allegedfinancial irregularities in the establishment of a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at the institute. The tender for the 16-bed CCU project was floated in December 2017, but it is still incomplete. Apart from the former director of the institute, two other FIRs have been registered against the then additional professor, Radiation Oncology,AIIMS Rishikesh, and the then store keeper-cum-clerk of the institute, ACB sources said, news agency PTI reported. Also Read:AIIMS Rishikesh doctor distributes sweets after Pahalgam attack, booked The fourth FIR has been registered against unidentified public servants and private persons, they said. They were booked under different sections of the IPC, including 120B (criminal conspiracy), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 409 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property) and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (public servant accepting undue advantage, such as a bribe, etc). It has been found that the accused abused their official position, conspired with Delhi-based contractor-supplier Puneet Sharma and did him undue favours to cheat theAIIMS Rishikeshand caused wrongful loss to it to the tune of Rs 2,73,29,355. The accused also made corresponding wrongful gains in the process, the ACB sources said. The FIRs, which were lodged on September 26, followed raids conducted by the CBI and ACB at AIIMS, Rishikesh, in connection with the case, during which many irregularities and documentary discrepancies were found, reports PTI. The construction of the CCU, in whose name all the alleged wrongful transactions were done with the involvement of the top functionaries of AIIMS, Rishikesh, is still incomplete. Also Read:AIIMS Rishikesh doctor ends life, note cites dissatisfaction with life
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