Gujarat Government Suspends Medical Council Chief Desai


Gandhinagar, May 9 (IANS) Ketan Desai, president of the Medical Council of India (MCI) who was arrested last month on corruption charges, has been suspended by the Gujarat government as professor of urology at the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, officials said Sunday.

Desai, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) April 22, had sent in his resignation letter dated April 28 to the college by registered post.

On the delay in suspending him, Rajesh Kishore, principal secretary (health), said the government has a system in place by which it acts in all matters whether it pertains to resignation or any other official action.

Desai has been accused of accepting a bribe of Rs.2 crore for granting recognition to a private medical college in Punjab.

  

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Sun, May 09 2010

    Ketan Desai is a small mule in these big cartels of sanctioning body around India. A portion of the loot which is thousands and thousands of Crores, go to every department including the politicians, the political parties and other lower departments who are hands in gloves with them.
    It is told that Ketan Desai had more than 1500 Crore of currency notes in his house and more than 1.5 tones of gold other than other precious metals & stones. The real growth is happening in the Swiss Banks, thanks to our trusted and highly respected public figures.

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