Overview

• Search teams targeted offices linked to Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation and Directorate of Health Services officials, medical suppliers and intermediaries across Raipur, Durg and nearby areas.
• Investigators are probing alleged 2023 procurements of equipment and reagents worth about Rs 500 crore that bypassed requirement checks and inflicted a Rs 550 crore loss on the state exchequer.
• The PMLA investigation follows an April chargesheet by the Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing naming six accused, including two state health agencies and four private firms.
• Authorities are seizing purchase orders and financial ledgers to trace the flow of funds and uncover the nexus between public servants and private entities.
• This operation continues a broader ED campaign in Chhattisgarh after recent probes into a Rs 2,161 crore liquor scam and a Rs 14,325 crore multi-state GST fraud.