The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against 34 budding cricketers and athletes in Odisha for alleged age fraud by submitting bogus documents in support of date of birth.
The PE has been registered against 34 players of Cuttack District Athletic Association and Odisha Cricket Association besides other unknown players and municipal authorities.
The PE relates to alleged misuse of birth certificates by suspect players who obtained such documents by submitting manipulated documents regarding age proof. Based on the bogus birth certificates, these players were allegedly selected for Cuttack District A and B teams and had also played for under-19 cricket teams in 2016, agency sources said.
The CBI has registered the PE based on source-based information. Meanwhile, the CBI on Tuesday registered a case against three senior doctors, a pharmacist and a hospital superintendent at Railway Divisional Hospital in lucknow.
"The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case on a complaint from Northern Railway against then Chief Medial Superintendent, then ACMS in charge stores, then Senior DMO, then Pharmacist and then Hospital Attendant, all working in Railway Divisional Hospital, Northern Railway, lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) under Sections 120-B, 409, 420, 468, 471 of IPC and section 13 (2) r/w 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for causing an alleged loss of Rs2.94 crore (approx) to Government Exchequer," CBI Public Information Officer RK Gaur said.
It was alleged in the complaint that number of irregularities were noticed during internal vigilance check at Railway Divisional Hospital, Northern Railway, lucknow relating to procurement of anti-cancer medicines on local purchase basis within financial powers of Chief Medical Superintendent, lucknow during the period 2012-2014, and found alleged fraudulent purchases of Rs2.94 crore (approx), Gaur said.
He said searches were conducted at 13 places in lucknow and two places in Rae Bareilly (both in Uttar Pradesh) including official/residential premises of accused persons as well as three private suppliers based at lucknow. Searches have so far revealed recovery of cash of more than Rs1.6 crore (approx), papers of property and investment from the premises of then Senior DMO. Several other incriminating documents have also been recovered from other locations.
Searches are continuing and further investigation is in progress, he added.