A Special Anti-Corruption Bureau Court of Ashutosh Dubey on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail applications (ABA) of two former Health Ministers Rajendra Singh and Hemlal Murmu, Health Secretary BK Tripathy, former Director of RINPAS Amool Ranjan along with two professors, three associate professors, a medical officer and two clerks in a case related to RINPAS recruitment scam where persons not having the requisite qualification were given top posts. They were also been made accused of getting their salaries enhanced.
“The Director ought to be an MBBS Doctor, while Ranjan did not possess the degree. Subsequently, many other people were recruited by the Director and other accused,” said Special PP Alok Gupta.
The FIR has been registered by the ACB, following a preliminary inquiry initiated on the order of special vigilance court in 2015. The FIR has been registered under different sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.