Nagpur: In a major revelation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Nagpur, has unearthed a fake medical bill racket allegedly operating within Western Coalfields Limited (WCL). The central agency has registered an FIR against Dr. Prithvi Krishna Patta, Medical Superintendent of WCL, and the proprietor of Sadguru Medical, an empanelled chemist shop suspected to be a key player in the scam.

According to CBI sources, the fraud revolves around manipulated medicine bills under WCL’s cashless medical scheme for employees. Investigators have found that while Dr. Prithvi prescribed genuine medicines to staff members, costly drugs were later inserted into the bills without the patients’ knowledge. These inflated invoices were then cleared by WCL, resulting in a potential loss running into s

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