Haryana: Nursing officer among three booked for ₹30 lakh fraud

The accused took ₹30.36 lakh from 14 persons for getting them a job and even issued tempered documents bearing fake signatures

A week after chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated Mukund Lal district civil hospital, upgraded at a cost of ₹100 crore in Yamunanagar, the police have booked three persons for allegedly taking ₹30 lakh from 14 persons on the pretext of getting a job at the health facility.

The accused took ₹30.36 lakh from 14 persons for getting them a job and even issued tempered documents bearing fake signatures.

The accused have been were identified as Indu, a nursing officer; Gagan, a former Class 4 employee; and Rajesh Sharma from the power department, all locals.

In his complaint to the deputy commissioner on Tuesday, just hours before Khattar and health minister Anil Vij visited the town for a party meeting, civil surgeon Manjeet Singh alleged that he received several complaints in this regard.

“The accused took ₹30.36 lakh from 14 persons for getting them a job and even issued tempered documents bearing fake signatures,” he added.

On his complaint, a case was registered under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC at Yamunanagar city police station.