Why a godman from MP faces CBI heat in mega medical colleges scam
Rawatpura Sarkar, who runs multiple educational institutions, is considered to be well-connected in both the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh. His trust has retired bureaucrats and police officers working for it.On July 5, days after the CBI made the arrests, Rawatpur Sarkar was in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar, where a Shiva idol commissioned by him was to be unveiled. Present at the event were some top BJP leaders, such as Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister Rajendra Shukla, state ministers Prahlad Singh Patel and Govind Singh Rajput, and former ministers Bhupendra Singh and Gopal Bhargava. Sources said even chief minister Mohan Yadav was supposed to be there but skipped the event after news that Rawatpura Sarkar has been named in the FIR.How did the medical colleges scam work? Sources said some health officials provided screenshots of classified documents and inspection reports to medical college owners to help them obtain recognition. Medical colleges brought in fake doctors as staff and set up infrastructure on a temporary basis to obtain the clearances in return for paying hefty bribes. Regulatory approvals were manipulated to give clearances.Those named in the FIR from the health ministry include Anup Jaiswal, Poonam Meena, Dharamvir, Deepak, Manisha, Rahul Shrivastava and Chandan Kumar, besides Suresh Bhadoria of Index Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre in Indore. Bhadoria, like Rawatpura Sarkar, hails from Bhind. Some 40 medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh appear to have benefitted from the scam.Subscribe to India Today Magazine- EndsMust Watch
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