Andra minister gets root canal done in Singapore for Rs 2.88 lakh
Hyderabad, August 24: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu wants to make the state a medical hub where foreigners would come for treatment, but at the same time, his own minister is going abroad to get an expensive treatment done.
Mocking austerity, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu flew to Singapore to get root canal treatment done at the cost of Rs 2.88 lakh.The shocking part is that Ramakrishnudu got the bill reimbursed from the state government. The minister reported having got the root canal treatment done at Azure Dental, 22th Sixth Avenue, Singapore, on April 12 this year.
The amount was reimbursed by Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, the Andhra Pradesh’s health wing, on August 23.General Administration Department (GAD) secretary Srikanth Nagulapalli issued a Government Order No 1844 releasing the medical claim of Rs 2,88,823. Interestingly, Andhra Pradesh, of late, raised Rs 2,000 crore through bonds at 10.38 per cent interest and had also offered an e-brick option for citizens to sponsor a brick for building the capital.Read the order by the Government of Andhra Pradesh:
Also, the state has been asking the Centre to release funds as vowed in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act after the bifurcation of the state. At a time, when the state is requesting for funds, why is it bearing the cost for medical bills of the minister’s toothache problem?
Flaying the government, people on the social media are wondering if a root canal treatment is not available in Amravati or the entire Andhra Pradesh.
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Traffic fraud: Fake 'no-entry' sticker racket busted in Delhi, mastermind among 3 held
New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.
The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.
According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.
During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.
The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.
Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.
"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.
Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.
In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.
Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.
Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.
The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.
Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.
