New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at the premises of the TV channel Jan Sandesh in Lucknow in connection to the NRHM scam on Wednesday. Jan Sandesh is backed by the BSP.
The raids were being conducted at 60 places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the scam.
Earlier on Wednesday, the CBI also raided the residence of sacked BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha.
Earlier on Tuesday, the CBI had filed FIRs pertaining to the scam. Kushwaha has been named as an accused in one of the five FIRs registered against the NRHM officials and private companies in Uttar Pradesh.
The National Rural Health Scheme is a plan to make changes in the healthcare system. The NRHM plan includes hiking public expenditure on health.
Irregularities were reported in the NRHM fund disbursed to Uttar Pradesh in 2011. In November 2011, the Allahabad High Court directed the CBI to conduct an inquiry into the misuse of the NRHM funds in UP.
The CBI has been probing irregularities in funds disbursed to 72 CMOs across UP. The CBI formed a special probe team to investigate the NRHM scam.
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