Delhi Lt. Governor orders CBI probe into Mohalla Clinic scam

Delhi Lt. Governor VK Saxena has ordered a CBI probe into the allegations of fake diagnostic tests prescribed by the Delhi government's mohalla clinics to benefit private labs. Sources said it has emerged that doctors were not coming to mohalla clinics but were still shown as present. It was found that despite their absence, tests and medicines were being prescribed and it was unearthed that tests were conducted on ghost patients.   

BJP came down heavily on the Aam Aadmi Party’s



government for an alleged scam in Mohalla Clinics in Delhi. Briefing the media in New Delhi, BJP Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, Mohalla Clinics provided the facility for pathological testing and based on the vigilance reports and departmental findings, those pathological tests are also now under the scanner of the probe. He said, the pathological tests were done by private agencies and it was found that tests were conducted on ghost patients.