A doctor posted at the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College Hospital here was arrested on Saturday for allegedly taking bribe for conducting a postmortem.
According to reports, Dr Manoj Kumar Jena had on February 6 taken a sum of Rs 2,500 for carrying out autopsy of body of a person, who had died in a road accident.
A complaint in this regard was lodged with police, on the basis of which the doctor was arrested. The arrest was made under the Mo Sarkar initiative of the State Government, sources said.