Lucknow: In the latest development in connection with the National Rural Health Scheme (NRHM) scam, the Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder case of an employee with the health department.
Mahendra Sharma, a clerk with the health department in Lakhimpur district, was found dead under mysterious circumstances earlier in February. The postmortem report had confirmed murder.
The family of the victim has alleged that Sharma was murdered by officials of the department as he was in possession of some documents related to the NRHM scam.
This came after the CBI conducted raids in Uttar Pradesh and filed four new FIRs in the NRHM scam.
As many as 30 teams of CBI raided health department officials and firms that supplied medicines and other materials.
CBI conducted search operations across 22 districts in UP in cities including Lucknow, Deoria, Basti, and Bahraich.
CBI sources said agency teams swooped down on 30 locations, including the medicine market in Aminabad locality in Lucknow, as part of a massive search operation.
With the registration of fresh cases, CBI has registered 12 cases in connection with alleged embezzlement in over Rs 10,000 central funds allocated under the NRHM.
The agency has named several doctors and medicine suppliers under the new set of FIRs, the sources said.
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