FIR against Medanta for alleged violations
nGURUGRAM:THE Gurugram Police has registered a case against Medanta Hospital, its chairman Dr Naresh Trehan and others for allegedly violating conditions of land allotment in 2004, officials said on Sunday.
Following direction of Gurugram civil court, police Saturday registered the FIR over corruption and money-laundering against Dr Trehan, some of his associates and two senior officials of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP). Medanta Hospital denied the allegations.
The case pertains to allotment of land to the hospital in 2004.
An official statement by Medanta Hospital said: “This complaint has been filed by a person who claims to be an RTI activist. However, it has been reported in the press that he has had an FIR for extortion registered against him. All the allegations in this complaint are completely false, baseless and motivated.”
The FIR was registered after complainant Raman Sharma, a resident of Malibu Town, approached district court. On June 5, the court directed police to lodge an FIR within 24 hours of the receipt of the complaint. Sharma alleged the accused, in connivance with officials, obtained pecuniary advantage as “land meant for institutional purposes was used for pure commercial, speculative and self servient purposes” and several acres of land were allotted at undervalued rates. He also alleged accused obtained occupational certificates based on misrepresentation, as there was no area on the premises allocated for medical and paramedical education, as advertised.
Aman Yadav, ACP, Sadar, said: “As per the directions of the court, a case has been registered and we have initiated a probe. A total of 16 respondents including individuals and several companies have been named in the FIR.”
Two senior officials of HSVP have also been named in the FIR. “The case has been registered on the directions on the court and the authority will fully cooperate in the probe,” said Jitender Yadav, administrator, HSVP, Gurugram.
The case was registered under IPC sections 406, 463, 467, 468, 471 and 120B, and sections 11, 13 (1)d and 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act. Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act were also part of the FIR filed at the Sadar police station on Saturday.
nNEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed the second supplementary charge sheet in the Manesar land scam case in Haryana. Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is under probe for the alleged scam, has not been named in the latest charge sheet. He was named as accused in Central Bureau of Investigation’s charge sheet in February 2018 in the case.
In its fresh chargesheet, ED named 13 individuals and entities and has given details of attached properties worth Rs 108.79 crore, the agency said in a statement on Sunday. Among those named include Atul Bansal of ABW Infrastructure Ltd, his wife, Sona Bansal, and several other private persons and companies.
CBI initiated money laundering probe in the case on the basis of a FIR registered by the Manesar police, and the investigation by CBI and the Anti-corruption Bureau. HT was unable to contact ABW’S representatives or lawyers. Hooda, who was CM between 2005 and 2015, has rejected the charges against him calling them politically motivated. CBI questioned gim in connection with the land deal in May 2017. The CBI took over the case from the Haryana police in 2015.