Saturday, December 4, 2010

CBI alleges its men were obstructed at military hospital in Pune

PUNE : The CBI on Saturday filed a complaint with police alleging that the authorities at the military command hospital obstructed its personnel when they carried out searches in the premises last night.

Vidya Kulkarni, CBI-ACB Superintendent, The CBI is lodging a complaint at the Wanawadi police station against the army official Major General Surendra Panwar for obstructing the public servants from discharging their pubic duties."

A team of CBI Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials had raided the hospital premises acting on a complaint from a vendor engaged in supplying medicines and surgical equipment to the hospital, alleging irregularities in purchases and seeking of illegal gratification.

The CBI officials had to seek assistance from local police to go ahead with the searches to which Maj Gen S S Panwar, commandant, Command hospital, objected.

After the police intervention, the CBI officials seized an AC unit from the hospital along with some papers in connection with the purchases.

Meanwhile, a Command hospital spokesman has denied that the CBI team was manhandled in the incident. The CBI complaint has also not mentioned any manhandling by the authorities, Kulkarni said.


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