The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered three separate corruption cases against a former chief medical officer and some additional chief medical officers of the Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly causing huge losses to the exchequer. Arya, the then Additional Chief Medical Officer posted at Lakhimpur Kheri (UP). Rajender Singh, another Additional Chief Medical Officer, has been named in the third case. In the second case, the accused official allegedly conspired with three firms of Varanasi to cheat the Department of Health. The then Chief Medical Officer (Family Welfare) Vijay Shankar Rai from Sitapur has been named as accused in the first case, while the second case has been registered against Dr. M.L.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2016 20:37 UTC