August 25, 2011 10:20 PM

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CBI raids in UP, Gujarat in connection with multi-crore NRHM scam

The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at 12 places in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission scam in Uttar Pradesh.The CBI is reported to have found leads indicating huge financial bungling allegedly committed by UP Health Department officials in connivance with contractors, said the sources. The CBI raided various locations in Lucknow, Moradabad and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Ahmedabad in Gujarat.The agency, three weeks ago, had registered two cases and also booked former Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow A K Shukla and former Deputy CMO Y S Sachan, who died inside Lucknow district prison under mysterious circumstances.The Allahabad High Court on July 27 had directed the CBI to probe the murders of the two CMOs and also irregularities in implementation of the NRHM.

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