Pune Jumbo Covid Centre Scam : PMRDA files FIR against Lifeline Hospital For Forgery And Cheating

The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has filed a complaint with Pune Police against Lifeline Hospital management services for forgery and cheating the PMRDA. The accused had received a tender for running Jumbo COVID Centre in Shivajinagar with a forged partnership deed.

The FIR has been registered at the Shivajinagar Police Station in Pune under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 420, 406, 465, 467, 468, 471, 511, and 34.

As per the complaint, the accused, Dr. Hemant Ramsharan Gupta, Sujit Mukund Patkar, Sanjay Madanraj Shah, and Raju Nandkumar Salunkhe, cheated the PMRDA by creating a forged documents (a partnership deed) to receive the tender process to run the medical services of the Jumbo Covid Centre in Shivajinagar. 

The fraud took place between August 26, 2020, and September 9, 2020, at the PMRDA office in Aundh, Pune, and the Jumbo Covid Centre at COEP Ground in Shivajinagar, Pune.

The case was filed on April 20, 2023, after the PMRDA received an inquiry into the complaint application.