Hyderabad, Nov. 7: Police arrested two persons for allegedly stealing four ventilators from the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad. Another accused remains absconding.
Police recovered the four stolen ventilators, another ventilator allegedly stolen from a Nizamabad hospital, medical equipment and Rs. 1 lakh in cash.
Adilabad Superintendent of Police Akhil Mahajan disclosed the arrests during a media briefing on Saturday. The theft at RIMS took place on October 30.
The arrested persons were identified as Sajjan Basanthe Mothe, a medical equipment technician from Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, and Medam Konda Reddy, a medical equipment trader from Hyderabad. Both had previously worked with RIMS-Adilabad.
Adilabad RIMS Ventilator Theft | Accused Targeted Hospitals by Posing as Technicians
According to the police, Sajjan confessed to receiving assistance from another accused, Abhijit, who remains at large. He allegedly used his familiarity with the hospital to carry out the theft.
Police said Sajjan admitted to selling the stolen ventilators to Konda Reddy. He also disclosed their alleged involvement in similar thefts at government hospitals in Maharashtra and Nizamabad district.
Investigators said the accused allegedly targeted hospitals by posing as technicians and offering to repair medical equipment.
Adilabad DSP L. Jeevan Reddy, Two Town Inspector K. Nagaraju, CCS Inspector Chandrashekhar, SI Akhil and other police personnel attended the briefing.
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