Bengaluru: Congress demands arrest of Tejasvi Surya, BJP MLA Satish Reddy in bed allocation scam
Meanwhile, the police in Bengaluru carried out searches at the city corporation’s Covid war rooms.
The Congress on Thursday demanded the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya and party MLA Satish Reddy, alleging they were behind the scam involving blocking of hospital beds meant for Covid patients in Bengaluru, reported PTI. So far seven people have been arrested in connection with the case.
On Wednesday, a group of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators alleged that beds in Bengaluru were being blocked under the names of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients or those under home isolation, but were sold to others. At a live press conference, the party leaders claimed that officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike colluded with private nursing homes and hospitals to block beds and reserve it for exorbitant fees.
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