Overview
- The Anti-Corruption Branch registered an FIR after a June 2 vigilance complaint and has arrested former DGHS chief Dr Vatsala Agarwal plus other DGHS/CPA officials following an earlier arrest of Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga.
- Investigators allege extreme price inflation of 200–500% on items such as portable X‑ray machines, C‑arm equipment, ORS sachets and linen, with the FIR putting the loss at roughly several hundred crores.
- The complaint says a supplier named Rajiv Rangila created fake distributor companies and worked with manufacturers and officials to draft restrictive technical specifications that excluded genuine bidders.
- The FIR describes procurement gaps in the Government e‑Marketplace process, including showing tenders as 'active' after manual orders and same‑day payments to linked firms while other suppliers went unpaid.
- The Enforcement Directorate has sought records to examine possible money‑laundering and investigators say more interrogations, forensic accounting and further arrests or summonses of officials are likely.