The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths raided several hospitals in Gonda in connection with multi-crore rupees National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam on Friday morning.
Reports said that CBI teams during search flipped the documents and inquired the officials of the Health department regarding huge expenditure shown by them just on papers by the fund sanctioned to them under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Sources said that the investigation team inspected various documents in district and woman hospitals and inquired senior medical officers, including two Additional Medical Officers and recorded their statements.
The CBI team has also summoned some accused health department officials in lucknow for further inquiry. It may be mentioned here that over three dozen officials were already arrested along with than minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and principal secretary Pradeep Shukla. Besides, at leader 150 senior doctors were on the radar for misappropriation of huge funds under sanctioned under NRHM.
