Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted raids across 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi registered three new cases in the National Rural Health Mission Scheme (NRHM) scam.
Tightening its noose around top bureaucrat Pradeep Shukla, ex-Principal Secretary of Family Welfare and the mission director of the scheme, the CBI raided his residence in Lucknow.
Shukla, who was Principal Secretary during the tenure of former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, has been questioned twice in connection with the case.
According to sources, residences of some bureaucrats, traders and politicians are also covered in the operation.
The CBI had on January 2 registered five cases against certain government and private sector officials, including one against Kushwaha, alleging loss of about Rs 28 crore in implementing the centrally-sponsored scheme meant for 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
(With inputs from PTI)
Tightening its noose around top bureaucrat Pradeep Shukla, ex-Principal Secretary of Family Welfare and the mission director of the scheme, the CBI raided his residence in Lucknow.
Shukla, who was Principal Secretary during the tenure of former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, has been questioned twice in connection with the case.
According to sources, residences of some bureaucrats, traders and politicians are also covered in the operation.
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The CBI had on January 2 registered five cases against certain government and private sector officials, including one against Kushwaha, alleging loss of about Rs 28 crore in implementing the centrally-sponsored scheme meant for 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
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(With inputs from PTI)
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