Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday examined the records related to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government’s Mohalla Clinics project based on a complaint of irregularities, Several doctors and mid-ranking officials of the Health Department have been questioned so far.
CBI official said that the investigation was part of a preliminary enquiry registered by it on the charges of alleged irregularities in sanctioning of Mohalla Clinics (primary healthcare centres) in various colonies.
The CBI has recently questioned a chief medical officer (CMO) and some doctors who are in-charge of clinics, they said.
The preliminary enquiry was registered on the recommendation of former lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, in 2016, they said.The agency officials denied Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that it had collected three lakh documents related to Mohalla Clinics. They said they were examining records and statement of suspects who were asked to join the probe. The agency officials said it cannot force someone for questioning during the preliminary enquiry stage.
Kejriwal has alleged that the CBI had started investigating Mohalla Clinics, summoning various officials. He also alleged that the Delhi government's officials were being “harassed”and “abused openly” for working in the AAP government.