Mumbai hosp denies giving medical cert to educationist

Nagpur: In a startling revelation, the Maharashtra government has informed the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court that the Breach Candy Hospital had never provided any medical certificate to controversial educationist Deepak Bajaj.
In its affidavit submitted in HC, public prosecutor Nitin Rode informed that the Mumbai hospital had written a letter to the government denying that its doctors ever had signed on the medical certificate produced by Bajaj for seeking bail on the health grounds. A copy of the letter was attached with the affidavit.
On request of Bajaj’s lawyer, Justice Rohit Deo adjourned the online hearing till July 27.
The educationist is accused of having disproportionate assets and misusing his position as principal of Mahatma Gandhi Centennial School in Jaripatka. Although Bajaj wasn’t granted bail on the basis of that certificate that time, the investigating agencies had sent it to the hospital for verification. It then denied handing over any such certificate. Bajaj finally secured bail in July 2019 from the HC on medical grounds after spending three years behind bars.
While allowing his bail application (No 415/19), justice Manish Pitale granted him permission to undergo treatment for his various ailments at any of the three hospitals in Mumbai, which he had demanded. It included Breach Candy, Saifi and Bombay Hospital.
Bajaj, secretary of Sindhi Education Society, was told to inform the police station concerned under whose jurisdiction the hospital falls, where he planned to take treatment.
The ACB has booked Bajaj and his wife Veena under sections 13(1) E and 13 (20) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, while Jaripatka police booked them under Sections 406, 420, 438, 471, 34, 168, 120B, 201, 409, 467, 193 of IPC.
Bajaj moved HC after his bail application was rejected by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court. He was, however, granted him permission to undergo treatment in a specialized hospital, which would be conducted under judicial custody.