Karnataka High Court Seeks Report On FIR Against Alleged Corruption In BBMP's Bed Allocation

A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar orally directed the State government to produce in a sealed envelope the investigation report. It said "There is some FIR registered in regards to allocation of beds in Bengaluru. We would like to have the report of the investigating officer." Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi said the FIR is being investigated by the CCB and the report would be submitted to the court.

The police started the investigation following an allegation by BJP Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya. The police have till now arrested four persons in the case.

Surya had claimed that bribes are being taken to allocate Covid beds. He also stated that a nexus of BBMP officers, Arogya Mitras and certain private agents is behind this scam. This had led to an artificial shortage of beds in the city.

The direction was issued after Advocate G R Mohan brought to the notice of the court about the FIR being registered and investigated by the police.