Rajasthan doctor, broker arrested for taking Rs 20000 bribe for issuing medical certificate

Bharatpur: A Rajasthan-based doctor and a broker have been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) police for allegedly taking bribes of Rs 20,000 for issuing a medical certificate. 

The doctor is associated with Pahari Hospital and his broker is identified as Kuldeep. The incident took place on Thursday when a man named Rajesh visited the hospital of the accused in hope of acquiring a medical certificate of his brother declaring his condition as 'severe'.

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After Rajesh met the doctor, the broker working with the doctor demanded Rs 30,000 for the medical certificate. After urging him to lower the rates, Kuldeep accepted to fix the deal with Rajesh on Rs 20,000.

Rajesh then decided to inform the police about the incident and visited the ACB police station in Bharatpur on the same day. In order to catch the doctor red-handed, the police came up with a plan and directed Rajesh to visit the hospital on Friday.

Following this, Rajesh went to the hospital with his brother to get the medical certificate. After the doctor completed his brother's checkup, he paid Rs 20,000 to Kuldeep. The ACB police then caught the doctor and his broker red-handed as part of their plan.

An FIR was registered against the doctor and his broker under different criminal charges and was arrested on Friday.

It was reported by First India that the people surrounding the doctor and the broker tried to free them from the ACB police but failed as the Pahari station police team reached and took the doctor and others into custody.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a retired senior medical officer of a government hospital in Amritsar had been arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.15 lakh from an Amritsar resident for issuing a medico-legal report.

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