Chandigarh, Dec. 20 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act over the alleged misappropriation of over Rs.1.14 crore from the patient welfare grant at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). Between 2017 and 2021, funds meant for the treatment of 103 poor patients were allegedly siphoned off to third parties and pharmaceutical companies. The total amount, Rs.1,14,72,026, was allocated under central and state government health schemes, including the Prime Minister's Office and Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi. As per the FIR, the money was disbursed even in the names of deceased patients using forged documents. The case was registered under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant), 420 (cheating), and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the IPC, along with various provisions of the PC Act. The FIR follows a detailed CBI probe after irregularities came to light at PGIMER's private grant cell, which was handed over to the agency earlier this year. The alleged scam was first highlighted after an RTI filed by Ashwani Kumar Munjal, chairman of the joint action committee (JAC) of PGI contractual workers union, made public the internal probe report by professor Arun Kumar Aggarwal. The Aggarwal committee looked into the misappropriation of funds and its report to PGIMER management in May 2024....