Odisha Govt doctor gets 5-year Jail term in bribery case
Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Sundargarh convicted a former Medical Officer of Gurundia Community Health Centre (CHC) in Sundargarh district to five years of rigorous imprisonment for taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a vehicle owner in exchange for signing a logbook necessary to process the hire charge bill.
The court also imposed a fine on the doctor, who was found guilty under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant, according to a PTI news report.
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According to Odisha Vigilance, the doctor had demanded the bribe from a vehicle owner in exchange for signing a logbook required to process the hire charge bill for a vehicle engaged by the complainant.
Following the conviction, Odisha Vigilance will move the competent authority to dismiss him from government service.
He is currently posted as the Medical Officer in charge at the Gurandi Community Health Centre in Ganjam district, reports PTI.
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