The Anti-Corruption Branch has filed a nearly 12,000-page chargesheet in an alleged ₹700-crore medical procurement scam involving former Director-General of Health Services Dr. Vatsala Aggarwal and two other accused, taking the case before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court.
The chargesheet names Dr. Aggarwal, Dr. Vinod Kumar Ranga, former head of the Central Procurement Agency, and Neeraj Chopra. The document includes transaction-trail records connected with the case, according to the details reported by The Hindu.
Special Judge Vidya Prakash recorded on Wednesday that the fresh chargesheet had been received by way of assignment and directed that it be checked and registered. The court has not yet determined whether charges should be framed against the accused.
The accused have been charge-sheeted under Sections 7A and 13(1)(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 61(2), 316(5), 318(4) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The case concerns alleged irregularities in procurement conducted through the Central Procurement Agency, an institution responsible for the purchasing process cited in the proceedings.
The matter began after the Directorate of Vigilance flagged suspicious transactions and possible procedural violations in the agency’s procurement operations. The chargesheet places the transaction trail and the alleged procurement-related conduct before the court for examination.
The filing also shows that the prosecution process is not yet complete. The court noted that the sanction sought by the Anti-Corruption Branch to prosecute the accused had not been granted at the time of the hearing. Such sanction is a procedural requirement in cases involving public officials, and its status remains part of the court record.
For Delhi’s public health administration, the case places the functioning of centralised medical procurement under judicial scrutiny. Procurement agencies are responsible for converting public funds into medicines, equipment and other supplies required by government health services. The allegations in this case relate to whether that process was followed properly and whether suspicious transactions occurred within it.
The court is scheduled to consider the chargesheet and the material placed on record at its next hearing on September 30. Until the court examines the evidence and determines the legal course of the case, the allegations against the accused remain unproven.
