CGMSC Scam: Bail Plea of Mokshit Corp Director Shashank Rejected by High Court

The High Court has rejected the bail plea of ​​Shashank Chopra, director of Mokshit Corporation, the accused and mastermind of the scam of crores of rupees in the purchase of reagents in CGMSC. The court has written in its decision, the act committed by the petitioner is not only a serious economic crime, but also a crime against social welfare on a large scale. EOW and ACB have registered a crime against him. The case is of irregularities in the supply of medical equipment in the state.

In fact, EOW, which is investigating the CGMSC reagent scam, has presented a challan in the special court, holding 6 technical officers and departmental officers guilty in the reagent scam of Rs 341 crore. There are serious allegations against them. Mokshit Corporation first won over the corrupt technical officers to its side to grab the tender and then also gave a bribe of 0.2 to 0.5 percent of the purchase order as commission. Mokshit Corporation did pool tendering in association with some other companies. The prices of other companies were high, Mokshit was given the contract as the price was low. After this Mokshit supplied at very high prices.

The cream which cost 8 rupees was sold at 23 rupees. The prices of reagents and treatment machines were also very high. The machines were to be installed everywhere, but this was not done. The machines were suddenly locked at the places where they were installed. The result was that the government suffered a loss of about 400 crores. During this period, reagents worth 95 lakhs were wasted.

In this case, EOW and ACB registered a crime under Section 409 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(1)(A), 13(2) and 7(C) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Many government officials who were involved in this were also arrested. Shashank Chopra was arrested and sent to jail on the orders of the court. He filed a petition for his bail. The hearing was held in the single bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha. After the hearing, the court rejected the bail application considering the seriousness of the case.