NCP women’s wing president Chitra Wagh’s husband Kishor Wagh is taken to the sessions court by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age)
NCP women’s wing president Chitra Wagh’s husband Kishor Wagh is taken to the sessions court by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age)
The Anti-Corruption Bureau late on Monday arrested three accused including the medical superintendent of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Parel and affiliate of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Gajanand Bhagat (48); the assistant medical record librarian of the hospital and NCP leader Chitra Wagh’s husband, Kishor Wagh; and his companion, Sandesh Kamble for accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh. All three have been remanded to police custody till July 12 while the ACB team is conducting searches of each of their houses. During raids carried out on Tuesday, cops have retrieved Rs 5,87,000 and Rs 1 lakh from Bhagat’s and Wagh’s houses respectively.
According to sources, at the time of Wagh’s arrest, there was a big ruckus and Ms Wagh was not allowing officials to arrest her husband. Asked about the same, senior ACB officials said, “None of this happened. Local police submitted their report to us but did not mention the occurrence of any such incident while arresting Wagh”.
“The complainant told ACB officials that in 1997, the complainant’s brother died due to medical negligence on the part of doctors of MGM Hospital. Thereafter, the complainant decided to file an appeal with the State Consumer Redressal Commission to get justice and punish hospital authorities for their alleged negligence in treating his brother. In 2013, the consumer court gave a judgment in favour of the complainant and asked the hospital to compensate the family for its losses,” said ACB officials.
ACP PI Deepali Aptil said, “After this, hospital authorities appealed before the National Consumer Redressal Commission as the hospital came under ESIC scheme. Thereafter, the complainant made three offers to hospital authorities. At the time, Wagh offered the complainant Rs 15 lakh from the hospital and said he would provide a job to the son of his late brother. Wagh then allegedly threatened the complainant, telling him to pay Rs 4 lakh lest the hospital authorities approach the Supreme Court against him.”
“The complainant then approached us and we laid a trap at Hindmata, with real notes of Rs 1 lakh and fake notes with a face value of Rs 3 lakh kept under the original notes. Kamble came to collect money on behalf of Wagh and Bhagat when we arrested him. They have been booked under the Prevention Of Corruption Act,” Aptil said.
