Rs 10 lakh for favourable medical college review- CBI arrests NMC assessor
Rs 10 lakh for positive inspection of medical college! CBI arrests NMC assessor
A senior doctor, working with the National Medical Commission (NMC) as an assessor, has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly taking Rs 10 lakh bribe to provide a favourable inspection report to a private medical college. The CBI officials recovered an additional cash amount of Rs 44.6 lakh during searches at Kolkata, Bardhaman and Belgaum.
The doctor has been identified as Dr Tapan Kumar, Head of Department (HoD) Anatomy at Murshidabad Medical College. He was caught in the act during a sting operation conducted in Kolkata, where he took the bribe to give a positive inspection report to a medical college based in Karnataka's Belgavi.
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Rs 10 lakh for positive inspection of medical college! CBI arrests NMC assessor
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