Govt doctor arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 1.8 lakh bribe to release nurse salary
Patna: A government doctor and a head clerk working at a Khagaria civil surgeon office were placed under arrest by the vigilance bureau officers for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.8 lakh to release the salary of a nurse that was on hold since August 2020.
According to a recent media report in the Times of India, the doctor has been identified as a medical officer in charge of (MOIC) of Gogri sub-divisional hospital in Khagaria while the head clerk works in the civil surgeon's office. They were tapped at the same time from different locations by the vigilance sleuths.
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According to the vigilance sources, the Health Department had earlier received a complaint that an imposter was serving in the sub-divisional Hospital in place of the nurse. Accordingly, a departmental inquiry was initiated and authorities decided to put the nurse's salary on hold. "She was getting a salary of Rs 57,544 per month," the source told Times of India.
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