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An ESIC paper is issued to workers earning a monthly wage beneath Rs 21,000 and grants entree to aesculapian services astatine ESIC-affiliated hospitals. (X/@esichq)
The Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru constabulary said connected Tuesday that they person busted a racket that progressive creating hundreds of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) cards for ineligible radical aft mounting up fake companies and fabricating occupation certificates.
The constabulary announced the arrests of 4 accused – Sridhar, 42, a retired Armyman; Ramesh B K, 54; Chandra Kumar S H, 37; and Shivaganga, 38 – and said that they were employed successful assorted hospitals crossed Bengaluru.
According to the police, Ramesh launched the scam successful 2018 but operations halted during the Covid-19 pandemic earlier resuming successful 2022 erstwhile Sridhar allegedly joined him.
An ESIC paper is issued to workers earning a monthly wage beneath Rs 21,000 and grants entree to aesculapian services astatine ESIC-affiliated hospitals.
According to the police, the accused targeted underprivileged patients astatine backstage hospitals, offering ESIC cards for a nominal fee. They allegedly acceptable up fake companies and fabricated occupation certificates truthful that the ESIC paper eligibility criteria were met. Using these documents, they allegedly generated 869 ESIC cards. They besides collected Rs 500 monthly from the beneficiaries arsenic “account charges”, the constabulary added.
Investigations are connected to find the afloat grade of the racket, the constabulary said.
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