Guwahati: The prime accused in the Ayushman Bharat card scam has been arrested by the Hailakandi Police on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Mabjil Borbhuiya.
As per reports, Borbhuiya also owns the “Shifa Hospital and Research Centre” in Hailakandi.
Borbhuiya is alleged of being involved in manufacturing and distribution of fake cards of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
This was informed by the Superintendent of Police of Hailakandi district, Nabaneet Mahanta.
Moreover, Nabaneet Mahanta said that further investigation is underway and no one will be spared involved in the scam.
It may be mentioned that on November 2022, as many as three youths were arrested for their alleged involvement in manufacture and distribution of fake cards of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. They were arrested by the Barpeta Police. The arrested youths were identified as Dhanjit Baishya, Rezaul Haque and Dhruvajyoti Talukdar. As per information, Dhanjit Baishya belonged to Chenga area while Rezaul Haque and Dhruvajyoti Talukdar were residents of Shuk Manah and Shanti Nagar areas of Barpeta town respectively.
It is suspected that the trio worked for a contractor company that issued Ayushman Bharat cards for beneficiaries.
Ayushman Bharat Yojana, also known as the National Health Protection Scheme, is a project that aspires to develop a new India that is capable, happy, and healthy. It began operating as a pilot project on September 4, 2018, in Uttar Pradesh. It aims to provide insurance coverage to at least 40% of India’s population, who are largely denied secondary and tertiary care treatments. The first goal is to build a network of health and wellness facilities across the country to deliver comprehensive primary healthcare services.
This centrally sponsored flagship scheme aims to provide an annual health cover of up to Rs. 5 lakh to vulnerable 10 crore families (approximately 50 crore persons – 40% of country’s population) based on Socio Economic and Caste Census database.