MUMBAI, Aug. 24 -- A sessions court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Pritam Sahebrao Pachpute, a partner and authorised signatory of Nashik's Rishikesh Hospital which allegedly submitted fake treatment records and obtained Rs.45.45 lakh under government health schemes. The case relates to an alleged Rs.1.79-crore fraud involving 361 claims submitted by three Nashik hospitals under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana. The fraud came to light during a government verification of suspicious claims. According to the order passed by additional sessions judge Anil D Salunkhe, Rishikesh Hospital accounted for 72 of the alleged fraudulent claims. Seven of the claims allegedly related to people who had already died on the dates on which treatment was shown as having been provided. Pachpute applied for anticipatory bail, arguing that she was only an authorised signatory, and neither the owner of the hospital nor a beneficiary....