Rajesh Kumar complained that the list of AYUSH doctors was changed and his name was deleted from the new list. He believes his name went missing because he failed to pay a sum of money demanded by the officials.

Besides Pradeep Kumar, the FIR has been lodged against Jagannath Tripathy, director of AYUSH, Vijay Kumar Dutt, Siyaram Paswan, Yudeshwar Prasad and Krishnanand Prasad, all of whom are officials in the health department, plus Rajesh Kumar, a lawyer.

They have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including cheating.