Bed allotment scam: CCB arrests four people, including 2 doctors

The doctors were in charge of war rooms in two zones

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police, which is probing the bed allotment scam, carried out raids across all eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike war rooms on Wednesday and arrested four people, including two doctors. The arrests come a day after BJP legislators, led by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, live-streamed an exposé of alleged corruption in bed allocation by staff at the South zone war room. One of the arrested accused, Dr. Rehan, is in charge of the South zone war room, while the other, Dr. Suresh, is the Bommanahalli war room in-charge. “We have taken Dr. Rehan into custody and are trying to ascertain the possible involvement of others in the racket. The second accused, Dr. Suresh, has tested positive for COVID-19, and we are yet to question him,” said a senior police official.