Punjab: Retired Senior medical officer held for taking Rs 1.15 lakh bribe for issuing medico-legal report
Doctor booked
Chandigarh: A retired senior medical officer of a government hospital in Amritsar was 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.
The SMO was posted at the Civil hospital in Majitha and had demanded money from complainant Malkiat Singh, a resident of Athwal village in Amritsar, for issuing a medico-legal report for a police case.
Singh had lodged the complaint on the chief minister's anti-corruption helpline.
A spokesperson of the bureau said the SMO is a resident of Friends Avenue and a corruption case has been registered against him.
Vigilance spokesman told The Tribune that the accused SMO, a resident of Friends Avenue, was arrested after the investigation of an online complaint lodged at the Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Helpline.
The complainant Malkiat Singh alleged that the doctor took ₹1.15 lakh from him for issuing a medico-legal report in connection with a police case.
He added that a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him at the VB police station in Amritsar while further investigation, in this case, was in progress.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that following a video clip of two government gynaecologists at the Bidadi community health centre in Ramanagara district allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 6000 from the husband of a woman who had delivered a baby at the hospital went viral on social media, the Karnataka health department has suspended both doctors and an inquiry has been ordered in the matter. The video showed two doctors demanding Rs 6,000 from the husband of the woman who gave birth to a newborn at the Bidadi community health centre in Ramanagara district.
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