Overview

• A private hospital’s Director of Operations filed a complaint after a surprise inspection on July 8 flagged alleged trivial deficiencies to coerce ₹50 lakh.
• Additional Director Ajay Kumar and Office Superintendent Lavesh Solanki were colluding with middleman Raees Ahmad to demand the bribe from the hospital group.
• On August 12, the CBI laid a trap and caught the trio red-handed accepting a ₹5 lakh first instalment.
• Search teams have executed raids at the suspects’ homes and continue to gather evidence as the probe advances.
• The operation is part of a wider CBI crackdown on corruption in medical accreditation and empanelment processes across multiple states.