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New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) In a significant development, Delhi Police has arrested a fraudster who documented fake recommendations on the official letterhead of the Delhi Chief Minister and used it to direct private hospitals to provide free treatment to poor patients.
The fraudster posed as a staff member of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and was caught after hospital authorities became suspicious of him over serious mistakes in the recommendation letters sent by him to hospitals.
He used to charge Rs 5,000 from poor and vulnerable patients for referring them to private hospitals for free treatment under the EWS category.
The accused gave letters to such people for free treatment under EWS category. He posed as an official of the CM office and also used his fake identity to call the hospital authorities. He also used fake number plates on his motorcycle. Many fake letters on CM office letterhead have been recovered from his possession.
Action was taken against the copycats after the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital authorities lodged a complaint at the Civil Lines police station.
The hospital management also received a call from a suspicious mobile number and the caller introduced himself as Balbir Singh Rathi, an official from the CM Office/Delhi, and he directed the hospital authorities to treat the above patient under the EWS category.
The 27-year-old accused named Sonu was continuously interrogated in which he revealed that he works as a gardener on contract basis in the MCD office, Karol Bagh zone.
A few months ago, he received a letter from CM Office/Delhi in the post of MCD office. He stole it and prepared fake/forged blank letters using CM House letterhead to earn easy money. He used to target patients who were unable to get treatment in private hospitals.
They induced them to seek treatment in a private hospital under EWS category and gave them fake letters prepared on CM Office/Delhi letterhead, addressed to various private hospitals with instructions to provide free treatment to the patient. In return he took Rs 5000 from each patient.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that he introduced himself as CM House official Balbir Singh Rathi.
The accused used to roam outside private hospitals in search of vulnerable patients who were unable to get treatment in private hospitals.
He lured them with a deal saying he would arrange a letter from the CM office for free treatment for Rs 5000. After getting their consent, he used Google Translate to insert the patient’s details into the fake letter.
Apart from the fake letters, the accused person would often call the hospital administration and instruct them to get free treatment by getting their phone number from Google.
—IANS
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