Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probing the ESI scam arrested three more persons, including pharmacist Lavanya, Teja Pharma Managing Director Rajeshwar Reddy and an outsourcing employee Pasha on Friday. With this, the total number of persons arrested by the ACB has gone up to 16.
Large-scale financial irregularities took place in purchasing medicines and kits for dispensaries and ESI hospitals prompting the Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) Department to conduct a detailed probe. After receiving a report from the V&E department, the State government has ordered the ACB to bookcases against those who were involved in the scam and arrest them.
Accordingly, the ACB had arrested Insurance Medical Services (IMS) department Director Ch. Devika Rani, Joint Director K. Padma, and others and remanded them to judicial custody.
source:-(NSS)
