Talaiya Police have registered an FIR against Altaf Masood, the director of Max Care Children Hospital located in Fatehgarh area of Bhopal, for fraud and preparing forged documents.

The case has been registered on the orders of the court. It is alleged that the hospital operator has embezzled lakhs of rupees by committing fraud in the Ayushman scheme of the Central Government.

Rs 3.35 lakh has been recovered from the family of the child in whose name the government had collected money due to his illness. The complainant  had filed a complaint in the court in this matter. After two years, the court has ordered to register an FIR. The hospital was raided on Saturday afternoon in search of the hospital operator.

According to SI Karmaveer Singh, Khalid Ali of Housing Board Colony of Tila Jamalpura, had admitted his three-month-old son to Max Children's Hospital in Fatehgarh in January 2022 for treatment. Khalid Ali had Ayushman card, so he told in the hospital that treatment should be done with this card only.

Dr. Altaf Masood, director of Max Care Children's Hospital, who went underground as soon as the case was registered. Dr. Altaf Masood, director of Max Care Children's Hospital, who went underground as soon as the case was registered.

After taking the bill, documents related to Ayushman were also taken. On this, the hospital said that right now we are not able to get treatment from the hospital through Ayushman card. Even after saying this, he asked Khalid Ali to submit other documents including Aadhar Card and information about Ayushman Card. Khalid submitted those documents. After treatment in the hospital, he got a payment of Rs 37000. This is the amount which has been billed by the hospital. The complainant says that bills for treatment and medicines worth lakhs of rupees were not paid.

A few days later, Khalid got a call from Ayushman Yojana for verification. He was asked whether the child was undergoing treatment or not. By then the child had died. He informed the caller about this. On the other side it was asked whether the hospital people took money from you or not, they said to pay the full bill. Then it was told that the hospital had also withdrawn money from the Ayushman card account.

As soon as the fraud was discovered, Khalid filed a complaint of fraud in the court through advocate Shariq Chaudhary. After hearing this, the court directed the police to file an FIR. Police have registered a case of fraud against the hospital director Dr Altaf Masood.