లంచం ఆరోపణలతో.. 'సోమా' ఉపాధ్యక్షుడి అరెస్టు

సీబీఐ ఉన్నతాధికారికి లంచం ఇవ్వజూపారన్న ఆరోపణలతో సోమా ఎంటర్ప్రెజస్ ఉపాధ్యక్షుడు పీఆర్ రావును శుక్రవారం అరెస్టు చేశారు అధికారులు. ఈ వ్యవహారంలో ఇంతకుముందే హోం శాఖ ఉద్యోగి ధీరజ్, సోమా ఉద్యోగి దినేశ్ చంద్ గుప్తలు అరెస్టు అయ్యారు.

లంచం ఆరోపణలపై... 'సోమా' ఉపాధ్యక్షుడు అరెస్టు

Published : Sep 14, 2019, 5:25 AM IST

Updated : Sep 30, 2019, 1:14 PM IST

కేంద్ర దర్యాప్తు సంస్థ(సీబీఐ) డీఐజీకి లంచం ఇవ్వజూపారన్న ఆరోపణపై సోమా ఎంటర్ప్రైజస్ ఉపాధ్యక్షుడు పి.ఆర్.రావును శుక్రవారం ఆ శాఖ అధికారులు అరెస్టు చేశారు. ఇదే వ్యవహారంలో గురువారం కేంద్ర హోంశాఖ ఉద్యోగి ధీరజ్ సింగ్, సోమా సంస్థ ఉద్యోగి దినేశ్ చంద్ గుప్తను అరెస్టు చేయగా, దానికి కొనసాగింపుగా రావును కస్టడీలోకి తీసుకున్నారు.

విచారణలో ఉన్న ఓ కేసును సోమా సంస్థకు అనుకూలంగా మార్చేందుకు రూ. 2 కోట్లు ఇస్తామంటూ డీఐజీ ఆశ్రా గర్గ్కు హోంశాఖ పోలీసు-1 డివిజన్లో పనిచేస్తున్న ధీరజ్ సింగ్ ఆశచూపారు. సోమా సంస్థ ఉద్యోగి గుప్తను కూడా పరిచయం చేశారు.

దీనిపై గర్గ్ ఈ నెల 11న ఫిర్యాదు చేయడంతో వారిని పట్టుకోవడానికి సీబీఐ ఉన్నతాధికారులు వ్యూహం రూపొందించారు. సీబీఐ ప్రధాన కార్యాలయం సమీపంలోని సీఎన్జీ బంకు వద్దకు బుధవారం రాత్రి 11 గంటలకు ధీరజ్తో వచ్చిన గుప్తా... ఇంటి వద్ద రూ. 10 లక్షలు ఉన్నాయని, వాటిని ఇస్తానని గర్గ్కు చెప్పారు. తరువాత సంస్థ ఉపాధ్యక్షుడు రావుతో మాట్లాడించారు. ఈ సందర్భంగా జరిగిన ఫోను సంభాషణలను రికార్డు చేసిన సీబీఐ అధికారులు తదుపరి చర్యగా అరెస్టులు చేశారు.

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Homa Bay - 13 September 2019
1. Various of mothers with their babies
2. Various of babies with their mothers and health workers
3. Various of launch of malaria vaccines
4. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Health, Sicily Kariuki (in red dress), carrying a child
5. Various of health professional administrating malaria vaccine
6. Kariuki and the baby's mother comforting her child after vaccination
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sicily Kariuki, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Health  :
"I wish at this point therefore to declare introduction for the first time, the malaria vaccine in Kenya, here in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay county, Kenya, done."
8. Various of Ndhiwa chief Newton Kawinio holding his child for vaccination
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Newton Kawinio, traditional Chief of Ndhiwa area:
"I am convinced. I am certain that if our child gets the vaccination against the malaria, which we are told will cater for more than 30 percent or so, I am sure the vaccination will help in reducing the malaria and also will cut the cost of going to the hospital every now and then."
10. Close of malaria researcher for Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Kisumu, Mary Hamel
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Mary Hamel,  Malaria researcher for Centre for Disease Control in Kisumu
"We know through clinical trials that were done between 2009 and 2013 that this vaccine can reduce malaria by 40 percent, that's four in ten cases, and can reduce life-threatening malaria by almost 30 percent. What we are finding out through these pilots is how does this vaccine work in the real world and how many cases of malaria will be prevented, how many deaths will be prevented. With this level of efficacy, we expect there will tens of thousands of lives saved."
12. Various of Director of the Kenyan Malaria Programme at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Aaron Samuels
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Aaron Samuels, Director of the Kenyan Malaria Programme at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention:
"This vaccine has been shown to reduce malaria-associated anaemia by 60 percent and reduces the number of transfusions that a child might need. So all taken together, and the burden that you can imagine malaria places on the health facilities and health workers who work within those facilities, by reducing the number of cases of malaria by 40 percent in the area where this has been rolled out, we're going to free up the number of resources in terms of healthcare workers in order to address other diseases. We are going to save a tremendous number of lives. For every 200 children vaccinated, it's estimated that one child's life will be saved. So we'll save a number of lives. We'll reduce the severity of disease that children get. We'll reduce the number of infections that they get. We'll reduce the need for blood transfusions that children have, and overall we anticipate reducing the burden on health facilities significantly. "
14. Nurse preparing vaccination
15. Various of vaccination equipment
STORYLINE:
Health authorities in Kenya on Friday started administering doses of the world's only licensed malaria vaccine to young children in rural areas with high transmission rates.
Kenya became the third African country to introduce the vaccine, after Malawi and Ghana. The aim is to reach about 360,000 children per year across the three countries.
The health ministry described the milestone as "a historic day" for Kenya as the health minister launched vaccinations in the remote Homa Bay county.
Malaria is a top killer in many African countries. According to the World Health Organization, the region accounted for 92 percent of cases worldwide and 93 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2017.
The parasitic disease kills about 435,000 people in Africa every year, most of them children under five.
The vaccine is the first and only vaccine to significantly reduce malaria in children, WHO said in a statement.
Malaria researcher for the Centre for Disease Control in Kisumu, Dr. Mary Hamel, said tens of thousands of lives could be saved through the vaccine.
"Through clinical trials, the vaccine can reduce malaria by 40 percent. That's four in ten cases and can reduce life-threatening malaria by almost 30 percent," she added.
It took GlaxoSmithKline and partners more than 30 years to develop the vaccine, at a cost of around $1 billion.
GSK is donating up to 10 million vaccine doses in the current vaccination initiatives.
Although the malaria vaccine only protects about one-third of children who are immunized, those who get the shots are likely to have less severe cases of malaria.
"I am sure the vaccine will help in reducing malaria and will cut the cost of going to the hospital every now and then," said Newton Kawinio, a local traditional chief.
Dr. Aaron Samuels, Director of the Kenyan Malaria Programme at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said a "tremendous" number of lives would be saved.
"By reducing the number of cases of malaria by 40% in the area where this has been rolled out, we are going to free up the number of resources in terms of health care workers in order to address other diseases, we are going to save a tremendous number of lives," he said.
Experts have begun testing out other new tools to fight malaria, including the development of genetically modified mosquitoes with an infertility gene.
Resistance is growing to medicines that treat the disease, while mosquitoes are becoming more resistant to insecticides.
In addition, funding for malaria efforts has stalled in recent years.
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