The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested five more accused related to the PM-JAY scandal of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital. 

The police arrested CEO Rahul Jain and marketing manager Milind Patel from Udaipur, and CEO Chirag Rajput from Kheda. Two other accused, Pankit Patel and Pratik Bhatt were also arrested.

The Crime Branch received confidential information that the accused had switched off their mobile phones and were using new devices to communicate via social media. Based on this lead, five of them were arrested. 

On the other hand, Dr Prashant Vazirani whose 11-day remand has concluded, has been sent to judicial custody on Monday.

During the hearing, the court asked the accused if he had any complaints against the police. In response, Dr Vazirani denied and the court sent him to judicial custody. Since the Crime Branch did not seek further remand, the court sent the accused doctor to Sabarmati Jail.

Rajkot's Sanjay Patoliya, another accused director involved in the scandal, filed an anticipatory bail plea in the Ahmedabad Rural Court.

On Monday, Justice K M Sojitra issued a notice to the Crime Branch’s investigating officer and scheduled the next hearing for November 28.

All these arrests come after 13 days to the Khyati hospital scandal where two patients from Kadi died after doctors allegedly conducted an angioplasty on them to benefit from PM-JAY.

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