By PTI | Posted 04-Jul-2016Thane: The police in Thane have arrested a 30 years old man for syphoning off Rs six lakh from a pathology laboratory of a private hospital where he worked. Since last year he alleged syphoned off Rs 6 to 7 lakhs, police spokesperson inspector Sukhada Narkar said. Kapurbawdi police have lodged a case of cheating and are probing the case. According to the complaint filed by the hospital authorites, he collected the moeny from patients and forged the signature of his superior officer on the Mediclaim applications, and pocketed the cash. The fraud came to notice when there was a sudden rise in number of Mediclaim applications.

Source: Mid-Day July 04, 2016 09:37 UTC