The FIR was registered on an order handed by a Justice of the Peace court docket on a grievance filed by Kolsure, who alleged a rip-off of almost Rs 90 lakh. He beforehand labored as a physician on the PMC-run hospital in Warje, police stated.

Kolsure has alleged that Covid testing kits on the hospital had been illegally bought to personal people and labs and that paperwork and registers on the hospital had been tampered with and solid for the aim.

However, in a press release, Dr Bharati stated the allegations towards him had been false and that as per the instructions of the central and state governments, he had requested his subordinates to conduct most Covid exams.

Dr Bharati additionally acknowledged that the PMC had inquired into the matter and forwarded a report on this regard to the Warje police station. He stated that Kolsure had been dismissed from PMC service following an inquiry right into a grievance of molestation filed towards him.

However, in response to Kolsure, a preliminary investigation by the Warje Malwadi police station into his allegations has confirmed the offence. “So the police wrote to the PMC authorities in September 2022 to file an FIR in this case. But no action was taken. The matter was raised in the Assembly by MLA Sunil Tingre in December 2022. Health Minister Tanaji Sawant then assured that action would be taken. But no action was taken. So I filed a complaint before a magistrate court in Pune,” he stated.

The court docket thought of the fabric placed on file by Kolsure, together with the police inquiry report that prima facie revealed the fee of an offence. Judicial Magistrate (first-class) CS Patil ordered on November 2 that “police inspector, Warje Malwadi police station, Pune is directed to conduct proper investigation vide Section 156 (3) of CrPC and to submit report within two months from the date of order”.

Inspector Sunil Jaitapurkar is investigating the case.