Haryana Medical officer, peon arrested on bribery charges
Chandigarh: A medical officer and a peon posted at a Civil Hospital in Rewari have been arrested on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15000 from a patient's attendant in lieu of increasing the disability percentage.
It was caught red-handed by the Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) when the peon was accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 on behalf of a medical officer from the complainant.
The peon engaged under the outsourced policy was demanding a bribe in the name of the medical officer. As a result, he was taken into police custody along with the medical officer.
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The operation to nab the duo red-handed was a preplanned move by the ACB after they received the tip-off from the complainant who alleged that the peon was demanding Rs 20,000 as a bribe from him for enhancing the disability percentage of his mother from 50 per cent to 65 per cent.
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