India News | Covid Body Bag Scam: Mumbai Police Summons BMC's Former Deputy Commissioner

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25 (ANI): Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has summoned the former Deputy Commissioner of the BMC's Central Purchase Department (CPD), Ramakant Biradar, to probe into the allegations of irregularities involved in purchasing body bags for deceased COVID-19 patients, an official said. 

Biradar, who was in charge of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's CPD during the pandemic, has been summoned in connection with the alleged scam. 

Also Read | PM Modi-Xi Jinping Meeting: India Refutes China's Claim of PM Narendra Modi-Chinese President Xi Jinping Meeting Taking Place at New Delhi's Initiative.

Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigations claimed that a company was giving body bags for dead Covid patients to another company for Rs 2,000. That company was giving the same body bags to the Central Procurement Department for Rs 6,800 and this contract was signed by the then-BMC mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Kishori Pednekar. 

A case was also registered by the Mumbai police against Pednekar. 

Also Read | Hindi Names for Criminal Law Bills: 'Rename Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act and Criminal Procedure Code in Hindi Against Constitution', Says Madras Bar Association.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)