An insurance company had complained to the Panigate police station against a doctor, a laboratory employee, and a couple for fabricating a Mediclaim bill of Rs 2.58 lakh for making false bills for knee surgery. Police arrested the doctor, laboratory worker, and the husband of the mediclaim holder on charges of fraud in the case, while the woman who filed the mediclaim has not yet been arrested. Living in Ahmedabad Dr. Keyurbhai Patel works as an Investigation Officer in Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company. His company deals in issuing general insurance policies. In a complaint lodged at the Panigate police station, he states that Sejalben Bhaveshbhai Kukadia had obtained health insurance from their company. She then prepared treatment papers and handed them over to the company. Sejal took the policy from the company on 27th April 2019, whose term was till 26th April 2020. Sejalban submitted the documents to TPA Company on 16th July 2020 and applied for Mediclaim of Rs. 2,58,984.

Author-Shlok Talati