Rajasthan: Govt Doctor arrested for taking Rs 1.25 lakh bribe
Jaipur: A government doctor in Sri Ganganagar city of Rajasthan has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau when he was returning a bribe amount of Rs 1.25 lakh to the complaint under fear of being caught.
The accused has been caught red-handed while returning the bribe amount of Rs 1.25 lakh which he had taken from a man to prepare a favourable report in a medico-legal case.
Also Read:Kerala Govt Doctor arrested for taking Rs 5000 bribe for hernia surgery
Dr. Rohit Chaudhary, in charge of a community health centre in Hanumangarh's Pilibanga, took Rs 45,000 in cash and Rs 80,000 through PhonePe from the man to make a favourable report.
As Dr. Chaudhary sensed that he may be in trouble, he asked the complainant to take the money back.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a doctor working at a government hospital in Kerala's Kottayam district had been arrested by the Vigilance wing of the Kerala police for allegedly accepting cash as a bribe from a patient for hernia surgery.
The vigilance team arrested Sujith Kumar, a doctor of the Kanjirappally Taluk hospital near here while accepting Rs 3,000 as a bribe.
Vigilance sources said the doctor had sought a Rs 5,000 bribe from the patient for a hernia operation.
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