The State Economic Offences Investigation and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SEOIACB) on Wednesday intensified its crackdown in the Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation Limited (CGMSC) procurement scam with the arrest of Kunjal Sharma, Marketing Head of Diasys India Private Limited, for his alleged role in manipulating reagent and consumable pricing under the state’s flagship Hamar Lab diagnostic scheme. SEOIACB arrested Sharma on January 21, 2026, in connection with Crime No. 05/2025 registered under Sections 409, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, along with Sections 13(1)(a) read with 13(2) and 7(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018. According to SEOIACB investigators, Diasys India follows a fixed Maximum Retail Price (MRP) policy for medical reagents and consumables.

 

However, Sharma allegedly bypassed the company’s internal pricing norms and, in criminal conspiracy with Shashank Chopda of M/s Mokshit Corporation, unauthorisedly communicated inflated rates and altered commercial terms to CGMSC. Investigators said these unauthorised communications, sent on behalf of Diasys India, played a crucial role in CGMSC accepting Mokshit Corporation’s quoted prices during the tender process. This, in turn, enabled the supply of reagents and consumables at rates inflated up to three times the actual MRP, resulting in substantial misuse of government funds and corresponding wrongful gains to private entities. SEOIACB maintains that Sharma’s role was pivotal in facilitating the acceptance of arbitrary rates, thereby directly impacting the financial integrity of the Hamar Lab scheme, which was conceived to provide free diagnostic services to the public through government health facilities.

 

Following his arrest, Sharma was produced before the Special Court (Prevention of Corruption Act cases), Raipur, on January 22. The court granted SEOIACB police remand till January 27, 2026, to enable custodial interrogation and recovery of documentary and digital evidence linked to pricing manipulation and cartelisation. Officials said SEOIACB continues to probe all dimensions of the CGMSC procurement irregularities, including the role of suppliers, intermediaries and public servants. The agency reiterated that accountability will be fixed strictly on the basis of evidence, and further arrests and stringent legal action are likely as the investigation progresses.