RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, April 2: Jharkhand police detained two from the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science microbiology department for issuing a fake covid test report to an ED accused Sanjay Kumar Tiwari.
The action was taken after RIMS medical superintendent Dr Hirendra Birua registered an FIR in this connection on Saturday evening, getting information from ED in this connection.
Police officials remained tightlipped when asked about the detention. Sadar Dy SP Prabhat Ranjan Barwar confirmed the detention. A police official said that those arrested include Amarjit Kumar and Sunny Kumar.
Bariatu police station officer in charge Gyan Ranjan parried reply. “Abhi Ek Kurki Mein Vyast Hain, Baad Mein Baat Karenge (Right now busy in a property attachment. Talk about the matter later),” he said. He also did not confirm the registration of FIR in this connection.
A RIMS microbiology department official said police had taken a data manager on Saturday night. “Data manager was a contract worker. Other than him, who else was detained, we can’t say.”
The official said: “The data manager has prepared a fake Covid certificate using data from one Etwa Toppo. Lab ID of Toppo’s sample was 9nCov/8L36068 and SRF ID is 2033902753189.Toppo’s sample was tested negative. The data manager took his data and prepared a positive report forging the signature of microbiology department head Dr Manoj Kumar.”
Sanjay Tiwari is the director of Bhanu Construction. He is the main accused in the mid-day meal scam involving Rs 100 crores. The ED had raided his hideout on Saturday.
The ED had earlier arrested him and sent him to jail, but he came out on bail. The Supreme Court granted him provisional bail for a limited period. Despite the expiry of bail Tiwary did not surrender before the court and absconded.
The special court of PMLA had issued a warrant against him on Friday. After getting the warrant, the agency intends to arrest him but before the agency could arrest, Jharkhand police are in action.
About 100 crores of mid-day meal was illegally transferred from the SBI Dhurwa branch to 34 accounts of Bhanu Construction. First an FIR was lodged in Dhurwa police station regarding this. Later, the CBI took over the investigation of the case. In the year 2021, ED registered the case number ECIR 3/2021 and took the case under its control. Along with Sanjay Tiwari, Raju Verma and Suresh Kumar are also accused in this case.
