Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Aug 5: Police from criminal investigation department (CID) have arrested four persons on the allegation of trying to drain Rs 3.39 crore from Chief Minister's Relief Fund by claiming medical expenses reimbursement, claims of which are backed by fake bills. They are Amoghappa from Kalaburagi, M K Kiran from Tumakuru, and C M Nagaraj Shetty and Shankar from Mandya district.
A case had been registered in Vidhan Soudha police station, alleging that fake applications had been received by the office of CM's relief fund in the names of various beneficiaries from different districts during the year 2015. For the investigation to progress well, it was handed over to CID. The CID found that fake bills totalling to Rs 3.39 crore were submitted in the names of different hospitals from the state and elsewhere in 54 cases.
It is said that the accused had created fake medical bills and discharge papers in the names of various multi speciality hospitals in the city with the specific objective of pocketing money by claiming money from CM's relief fund.