Rs 10 lakh for positive inspection of medical college! CBI arrests NMC assessor

New Delhi: A senior doctor, working with the National Medical Commission (NMC) as an assessor, has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly taking Rs 10 lakh bribe to provide a favourable inspection report to a private medical college. The CBI officials recovered an additional cash amount of Rs 44.6 lakh during searches at Kolkata, Bardhaman and Belgaum.

The doctor has been identified as Dr Tapan Kumar, Head of Department (HoD) Anatomy at Murshidabad Medical College. He was caught in the act during a sting operation conducted in Kolkata, where he took the bribe to give a positive inspection report to a medical college based in Karnataka's Belgavi.

The anti-corruption wing of the CBI, with the help of local police government medic in Burdwan, launched a marathon search operation from Saturday night to Sunday morning into the house of a senior government medic in Burdwan, who has been arrested after the central agency seized many incriminating documents, cash and jewellery and other documents

Issuing an official statement on the arrest, the CBI said, “Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an accused Senior Doctor working as an Assessor with National Medical Commission (NMC) immediately after receiving a bribe of Rs. 10 Lakh from private persons for issuing favourable Inspection Report regarding their medical college based in Belgavi, Karnataka. An additional cash amount of Rs 44.6 lakh (approx) was also recovered during searches.”

“The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed immediately after he accepted a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from representatives of the said private medical college. Later, the accused Senior Doctor was arrested,” the statement read.

Searches were conducted by CBI at residential and official premises of the accused public servant and other private persons at several locations in Kolkata, Bardhaman and Belgaum, which led to the recovery of additional cash of approximately Rs 44.60 Lakh and including incriminating documents and articles. The total amount of cash recovered during the operation is Rs. 54.60 Lakh.

“Arrested accused will be produced before the competent Court. Investigation is continuing,” the statement concluded.