CBI Case Reveals How Safdarjung Neurosurgeon Extorted Crores From Patients

Doctor Manish Rawat acquired assets worth Rs 4.63 crore, which includes five immovable properties worth Rs 3.47 crore each in Noida (UP) and Haldwani (Uttarakhand).

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), after arresting a neurosurgeon of Safdarjung Hospital and his four accomplices in March for allegedly forcing patients into buying surgical equipment from a particular establishment at exorbitant prices, filed a fresh case against the doctor on Friday.

Neurosurgeon Manish Rawat is accused of amassing disproportionate assets. In the new FIR, apart from Mr Rawat, his wife Khushboo has also been named as an accused. Both are accused of amassing illegal assets worth at least Rs 2.4 crore.

The couple had Rs 3.39 crore, and their expenditure was Rs 1.16 crore, a CBI probe revealed. Jewellery worth Rs 69 lakh was also found in a locker.

"During the course of the investigation, he (Manish Rawat) acquired assets worth Rs 4.63 crore, which includes five immovable properties worth Rs 3.47 crore each in Noida (UP) and Haldwani (Uttarakhand), investments of about Rs 48 lakh in companies and firms in which Khushboo Rawat is one of the directors and partners, and he has invested Rs 17.5 lakh in insurance policies," the FIR alleged, adding that Mr Rawat had "knowingly made financial gains illegally" and amassed assets worth Rs 2.40 crore in the couple's name, which was 70.85% more than their known sources of income.