India, April 29 -- Systemic corruption and procedural violations in procuring medical equipment and reagents committed by officials posted in the medical department have been found in the ongoing investigation into the 2023 case of financial misconduct in medical procurement, officials from Chhattisgarh's economic offences wing (EOW) and anti-corruption bureau (ACB) have said.

The vigilance agency has so far arrested six people --- Shashank Chopra , Basant Kumar Kaushik, Kisraudra Rautia, Dr Anil Parsai, Kamkalkant Patanvaar and Deepak Bandhe --- who are currently in judicial remand.

A chargesheet was filed by EOW in Raipur court on April 25 highlighting serious lapses by the directorate of health services (DHS) and the Chhattisgarh med...