9 hospital officials charged with fiscal skimming, suspended
After being charged with a case of financial misappropriation, nine officials of lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (lNJP) along with two others were suspended by the hospital authorities recently. An FIR against the accused, which includes an assistant accounts officer, eight group-D staffers of the hospital and two outsiders, has been filed.
Hospital authorities have said that the charges on the accused are of financial misappropriation by tampering with the IT-enabled payment system through electronic clearing system (ECS) from the salary account of lN Hospital.
A statement issued by the Delhi Government said, “On receipt of information, an inquiry committee of finance and IT officers was constituted. The preliminary inquiry report reveals a case of misappropriation of funds, through ECS transfer from the salary account of lNH. This illegal ECS transfer seems to have been effected by offline manipulation of electronic salary pay bills of staffs. The modus operandi indicates the handiwork of persons conversant with the accounting and IT system and use of techniques to manipulate electronic records.” An FIR against the accused was registered on Saturday by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital based on preliminary findings.
“Assistant Accounts Officer and 8 group-D staffers have been placed under suspension and departmental action has been initiated against the delinquent officials. Special audit of financial transactions at lNH by an external team has been ordered by the Finance Department. The bank accounts of the employees in question have been frozen and process has been initiated for recovery of the unauthorised ECS transfers,” said the statement.