India, March 8 -- The Maharashtra public health department has established a three-member committee to investigate alleged financial irregularities worth over Rs.1.24 crore at the Regional Mental Hospital (RMH) in Yerawada, officials stated on Saturday.

According to a government order issued on February 17, the panel, headed by deputy secretary Kailas Salunkhe and comprising Dr Rajratna Waghmare, joint director of health services (leprosy and tuberculosis), Pune, and Abhijit Patil, assistant director of accounts and audit, Pune, will examine complaints of financial mismanagement and the alleged misuse of government funds at the hospital between 2017 and 2025.

Officials stated that the inquiry follows complaints and findings from a preli...