FIR against Medanta for alleged violations
GURUGRAM: 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.