which ultimately became one of the reasons for the fall of the then Mayawati-led BSP govt. The two CMOs had been shot while on morning walks by Tiwari and his men. Both murders were linked to the NRHM scam.
The UPA-1 government launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on April 12, 2005 to provide quality healthcare to the rural population. Rampant irregularities in it simple mentation were revealed when BSP was in govt in Uttar Pradesh between 2007 and 2012. According to the CBI, which is investigating on the Allahabad high court’s orders, over Rs 5,700 crore disbursed to 72 chief medical officers (CMOs) in UP through the NRHM was siphoned off.
The CAG report says that between April 2005 and March 2011 the State Health Mission, responsible for implementing NRHM schemes, “did not discharge its responsibilities adequately, resulting in Rs 5,754 crore going unaccounted for”. Two murders put the spotlight on the scam. On Oct 27, 2010 Lucknow CMO Dr Vinod Arya was shot dead by motorcycle borne assailants in Lucknow.
Six months later, on April 2, 2011, another CMO, Dr BP Singh, was killed in similar fashion in the city. The police subsequently arrested deputy CMO Dr Y S Sachan in connection with Singh’s murder. But on June 22, 2011 Sachan was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Lucknow jail.
This led to a public outcry over alleged corruption in the NRHM. The then Mayawati govt referred the case to the CBI in July 2011. Meanwhile, a petition was filed in the .
