New Delhi, March 16 The CBI has arrested a retired Army major who was working as a medical officer at an ECHS polyclinic in Uttar Pradesh's Etah and an executive of the Noida-based Felix Hospital in a bribery case involving an amount of Rs 3 lakh, officials said on Monday.
The federal agency arrested Major Ashish Shakya (retired), who was posted as the medical officer at the ECHS polyclinic in Etah, and Bijendra Singh of the Felix Hospital on Sunday, they added.
"During the raid operation, an amount of Rs 3 lakh in bribe money, delivered by the representative of the private hospital to the accused public servant, was recovered. Both the accused have been arrested on March 15, 2026," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
According to the CBI FIR, Shakya, in a criminal conspiracy with Sumit Gupta, Rohit Aggarwal and Bijendra Singh of the Felix Hospital (incorporated as Felix Healthcare Private Limited), was empanelled under the ECHS and frequently referred patients to the private facility, without any clear medical necessity.
The agency has alleged that Shakya was in the habit of demanding and accepting large bribes in exchange for such referrals.
"It has also been informed that on March 11, 2026, Dr. Ashish Shakya informed Sumit Gupta that he had referred about 10 patients to Felix Hospital, Noida, after Holi (i.e., on 04.03.2026) and demanded early clearance of his bribe dues," the FIR alleges.
Shakya further told Gupta to meet him at Noida on March 14 and clear the pending bribe, as he was required to share the same with his seniors and distribute it among other lower-level officials, the FIR alleges.
"The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a public servant (Shakya) working as Medical Officer at Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Uttar Pradesh, and a private person (Singh) posted as Assistant General Manager of a private hospital in a case of bribery for extending undue favours to the empanelled private hospital," the statement said.