ED registers money laundering case against Medanta hospital, Hry officials

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money-laundering case against Medanta Hospital, its chairman Dr Naresh Trehan and unknown Haryana government officers for alleged irregularities in the allotment of land to the hospital in 2004.

The ED’s PMLA (prevention of money laundering act) case is based on a Gurugram police FIR filed on June 6 naming Trehan’s company Global Health Pvt Ltd, which runs Medicity at Sector 38, Gurugram, among others. The ED has named all 16 accused mentioned in the Gurugram police FIR, an official said. This includes two officers of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP).

An RTI activist Raman

Sharma filed a PIL.

The Medanta hospital has denied the allegations .

In a statement on Wednesday, Trehan said, “The allegations pertain to the 16-year-old land allotment on which the hospital is built. Everything about this allotment, done through a public auction, is absolutely legal.”

The case pertains to the allotment of land to the hospital in 2004. The Haryana government, through HSVP, allotted 53 acre in Sector 38 along Delhi-Jaipur road (NH-48), for Medicity.

A statement on Tuesday by Medanta Hospital on the Gurugram police FIR said: “This complaint has been filed by a person who claims to be an RTI activist. It has been reported, however, that he has an FIR for extortion against him. All allegations in this complaint are completely false, baseless and motivated.”

CASE IS BASED ON A GURUGRAM POLICE FIR FILED ON JUNE 6 NAMING NARESH TREHAN’S GLOBAL HEALTH PVT LTD, WHICH RUNS MEDICITY IN SECTOR 38, GURUGRAM, AMONG OTHERS