Illegal agents in Bhubaneswar AIIMS, 2 arrested

Bhubaneswar: Two Bengali brokers were arrested from AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Friday. They used to target patients and cheat them. They were allegedly staying in a rented house in Khandagiri area.

They cheated people off thousands of rupees under the false pretext of helping them. They used to charge rupees Rs. 2000 to Rs. 5000 per person.

They used to extort money from people by pretending to get tickets and get treatment at the facility on an urgent basis.

The Khandagiri police have arrested the illegal agents after the plain clothes police observed them and their activities for almost more than a week.

The two brokers have confessed their guilt before the police. Khandagiri police is investigating into the angle as to who else is related to them. The police has appealed to the public to inform the police if they come across such brokers.

If anyone sees such a person, the public can inform the police on the police helpline number 7077798111. 

Last year that is in 2022 November, as many as 12 illegal ticket agents had been arrested from AIIMS hospital situated here in Bhubaneswar.

The Khandagiri police had got the information from locals that these illegal agents were involved in fraud relating to tickets in AIIMS, which is one of the leading hospitals

According to reliable sources these agents were buying doctor consultation tickets from the counter and selling them at a higher price to the patients.

Sources say, the tickets for doctor consultation at AIIMS is free but, these illegal agents used to take the tickets and sell them to patients at as much as 4000 to 5000 rupees each.

A senior police officer back then added that these raids shall be conducted on a regular basis and more agents shall be arrested.