Chhattisgarh Police on Monday arrested three security guards of a government hospital for extorting money from relatives of a pregnant woman to enter the facility in Raigarh city.
Ravishankar Gautam, Omprakash Patel and Shivendra Shukla were from a private security firm, Bundela Securities Bilaspur, Raigarh Superintendent of Police Divyang Patel said.
They on Sunday demanded Rs 100 per person to issue entry passes to relatives of a woman who had come for delivery at the Sant Baba Guru Ghasidasji Memorial Government Hospital here.
The video of the incident went viral following which Raigarh Collector Kartikeya Goel directed the hospital administration to take immediate action.
