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A major fraud and scam has been sensationally exposed in the ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojana’ related to the health of the poor at the prestigious Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) located in Patna, the capital of Bihar. The IGIMS administration and the police have formed two separate special committees on Tuesday to get to the bottom of this serious matter. While a six-member high-level investigation committee has been formed by the hospital management, the police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the speedy arrest of four contractual (outsourcing) workers, the main accused in the scam. Initial investigation has so far revealed embezzlement of around Rs 45 lakh, but top officials of the institute estimate that after detailed investigation, the amount of the scam could be even bigger.
6 member committee of hospital and SIT of police will investigate
The command of the six-member special committee constituted by the IGIMS management has been handed over to a senior administrative officer of the institute. Apart from senior officials of the hospital, a senior official of Bihar Health Department has also been included as a member in this internal committee. This committee will hold its first official meeting on Wednesday and decide the points of investigation.
On the other hand, on the law and order front, a duly named FIR has been lodged in Shastri Nagar police station regarding this forgery. Town DSP-2 Saket Kumar said that considering the sensitivity of the case, the police has formed a special SIT team. Police teams are continuously conducting raids to arrest four tainted employees of the outsourcing company named in this scam – Amarjeet Rai, Chandan Kumar, Saket Kumar and Abhishek. The police have also detained a member of this gang, who is being strictly interrogated at a secret place.
‘Deceit’ due to collusion between software and outsourcing personnel
Administrative officials of the institute believe that the technology company that prepared the digital infrastructure and software of the Ayushman Bharat scheme and the corrupt personnel of the outsourcing agency deployed in the hospital have together carried out this entire game. By taking advantage of technical flaws, these people have played a big fraud on simple and poor Ayushman card holders. It is noteworthy that in IGIMS, poor patients have been getting the benefit of free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme since 2018, hence now the records of the last several years have also come under doubt.
This is how the secret of the big fraud was revealed: The broker trapped in the matter of Rs 40 thousand
This entire racket and mega scam was exposed in a very dramatic manner. In October 2025, 46-year-old Manoj Jha, resident of Baghakhal village under Gaighat block of Muzaffarpur district, came to Patna. Here the brokers operating in the hospital premises lured Manoj that if he gives his Ayushman card to them for use, then he will be given Rs 40 thousand in cash in return. Manoj Jha fell into their trap and handed over his card. But after the work was done, the brokers did not pay Manoj the money as promised.
Angered by not receiving the money, Manoj Jha lodged a written complaint in the administrative wing of IGIMS. When the hospital administration searched Manoj Jha’s medical records on the basis of this complaint, they were shocked. According to the records, Manoj Jha had never undergone any treatment or operation in the hospital, but a successful withdrawal of Rs 40,000 had been made in the name of his card from the government account of Ayushman Bharat Scheme. After this shocking revelation, when the officials started randomly scrutinizing the Ayushman cards and claims of other patients, it was revealed that a very big organized gang was defrauding the government of lakhs of rupees by showing fake patients on papers.
The needle of investigation will focus on these 4 main points
The 6-member committee of IGIMS and the SIT of police will proceed with their investigation mainly focusing on the following technical and administrative points:
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Level of collusion: At what level in the administrative system and at the instigation of which officers or employees was this fraud committed, and what were the main reasons for such huge negligence.
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Software shortcomings: What security loopholes were there in the digital software created for claims and verification of Ayushman Bharat Scheme, which were taken advantage of by hackers or corrupt personnel?
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Lapses in monitoring: How did the technical agency that built and operated this entire software fail to regularly monitor the system and detect suspicious transactions?
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Network busted: In which other districts or hospitals of Bihar is the network of the four main absconding accused spread, and which influential people are involved in this syndicate.
