CCB arrests two doctors in bed-blocking scam

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths on Wednesday arrested two doctors in the bed-blocking scam.

The arrested are Dr Rihan and Dr Shashi were working as incharge of the BBMP war rooms in the South and Bommanahalli zones, respectively. After registering a case on Tuesday, the Jayanagar police had arrested two people - Nethravathi and Rohit Kumar.

Subsequently, City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant transferred the case to the CCB. Senior officials in CCB told DH that two FIRs have been registered.

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“A total of four persons have been arrested so far. We are also questioning four others suspects. Our officials conducted extensive searches in all the eight zonal war rooms,” a CCB officer explained. A total of eight teams, led by two ACP-rank officers, raided the zonal war rooms and verified records.

The police have reportedly collected data pertaining to zone-wise bed availability, allocation etc and have detained several persons for interrogation.

It is learnt that the doctors were giving 10% commission to Nethravathi and Rohit on booking of each bed.

Nethravathi had reportedly ‘sold’ two beds at a private hospital in Jayanagar for Rs 50,000 each. Rohit, a neighbour of Nethravathi, helped her in reaching out to the patients, police said.