Updated On: 31 May, 2023 12:53 PM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Jivan Jyot Charitable Trust allegedly flouted tender norms by hiring doctors who did not meet requirements; court told police to register case and include murder charges against trustees

Two of the trustees have obtained interim bail, while the other accused named in the FIR resigned from the Trust in 2016. Representation pic
The Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mulund has directed the police to register a case, including murder charges, against six trustees of M/s Jivan Jyot Charitable Trust. The trustees were assigned the contract by BMC to hire qualified MD (Medicine)/MBBS doctors for the ICU of MT Agarwal hospital. However, the complainant alleges that the trust flouted tender norms by hiring doctors who did not meet the requirements.
RTI inquiries conducted by the complainant, Goldy Sharma, 43, have also revealed that one of the doctors appointed through M/s Jivan Jyot Charitable Trust was previously arrested by Malwani and Thane police. Additionally, there have been instances where genuine doctors who previously served at MT Agarwal hospital were impersonated, and their registration numbers were misused to issue death certificates. These serious lapses need to be investigated, as stated in the complaint.