The Commissionerate police on Monday arrested an employee of a city-based private hospital on the charge of trying to embezzle the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) money by forging documents.

The accused was identified as Dilip, a record keeper at the hospital, said city DCP Uma Shankar Dash.

Dash said the accused along with two of his associates had submitted documents using the name of some patients in seeking financial help of `5.43 lakh from the CMRF, which provides assistance to the poor and the needy.

Preliminary probe revealed that three persons from Nayagarh district had submitted documents for treatment at a leading private hospital.The fraud attempt was busted after the Health Department during routine verification found the documents fake. A complaint was subsequently lodged at the Bharatpur police station and a investigation was carried out by the police. “During scrutiny of papers, it was found that no such patient was undergoing treatment at the private hospital.

Later, we came to know Dilip, who works as a record keeper at the hospital, had prepared the documents. He is a native of Krushnaprasad block in Puri district,” said Dash.

Two other middlemen used to bring patients for admissions in hospital. They used prepare fake documents and apply for assistance under the CMRF. They would keep the original papers and bank documents and pay Rs 10,000 to the actual patient. They would take away the rest money,” said Dash.

The DCP added, “During scrutiny, we found the Aadhaar cards and name of patients genuine. But the period of treatment and other details were not matching. The accused was trying to miutilise the Government scheme to embezzle money. He was arrested following a routine verification of the CMRF processing.”