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Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating the alleged Rs 38-crore Covid jumbo centres scam have claimed that Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjeev Jaiswal had a key role in it..
The agency has raided his Bandra (East) residence and seized Rs 13 lakh cash and property documents, apart from raiding and identifying many other properties of the officer worth over Rs 100 crore, which includes a half-acre land in Madh Island...
Role of Yuva Senas secretary Suraj Chavan, who is believed to be close to Aaditya Thackerey, is also being probed to find if he used his influence to ensure that Lifeline Hospital Management Services get the contract, another source said.. Case history ..
The FIR filed on August 24, 2022, names Lifeline Hospital Management Services, which was contracted by the civic body to set up Covid jumbo centres in Mumbai, and its partners Sujit Mukund Patkar, Dr Hemant Ramsharan Gupta, Sanjay Madanlal Shah and Raju Nandkumar Salunkhe..
Somaiya also alleged that the firm was blacklisted by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority for providing medical services, but the firm concealed this fact from the BMC and managed to get the contract for providing services in jumbo centres...
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