Railways Medical Officer caught red-handed for taking Rs 5 lakh bribe
Chandigarh: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Haryana has caught a Divisional Medical Officer of the Indian Railways red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh in lieu of referring patients to the complainants’ hospital and forwarding the bills of patients to the higher authority.
He worked in the railway’s Delhi Division at Panipat.
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A spokesperson of the ACB said on Monday that the accused Divisional Medical Officer has been arrested.
In a statement, the spokesperson said the complainant had approached the ACB and alleged that the Divisional Medical Officer of Indian Railways has demanded a bribe of Rs 15 lakh in lieu of referring the patients to the complainant’s hospital and later forwarding the bills of patients to the higher authority.
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