Punjab Govt doctor under scanner for fake medical report case

Chandigarh: In a recent crackdown, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) have booked a doctor working at the civil hospital Ferozepur and four others in connection with the case of issuing a fake Medico Legal Report (MLR).

The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a corruption case against five accused including a doctor and his assistant for taking bribe in lieu of issuing a false Medico Legal Report (MLR). 

In this case, an accused employee of civil hospital Ferozepur has been arrested.

A state VB spokesperson said in this case five accused have been booked which included a doctor, posted at civil hospital Ferozepur and his assistant, a class-IV employee in the hospital besides three private persons namely Rekha, her father Shammi and mother Asha, all of Khateek Mandi, Ferozepur Cant.

A case was registered against his wife Rekha, mother-in-law Asha, father-in-law Sammi, and brother-in-law Sonu.

The complainant informed the VB that on February 2021, he had checked through his mobile phone application, that his wife Rekha and her family members were giving bribe to the class-4 employee Ram Prasad alias Chhotu which was to be handed over to the doctor for issuing a false MLR so as to register a forged case against the complainant Tarsem.

Chhotu was playing the role of middleman in the negotiations for accepting and further passing the bribe to accused doctor.

Based on the false MLR a police case was registered against him and his father Rafiq.

During the probe the said MLR was found to be a false according to the records obtained from the Civil Hospital Ferozepur. The complainant submitted a CD to the VB as an evidence.

The spokesman said on the basis of the investigation by VB range Ferozepur, the case has been registered against all the accused.

The VB is on the hunt to arrest the remaining accused. Further investigation into this case was under progress.