Medical Officer, of Bengabad had allegedly accepted Rs 5,000 during the verification of the complaint following which the ACB laid a trap and arrested him taking the remaining Rs 5,000. A Medical officer identified as Dr Kundan Kumar associated with a Primary Health Centre (PHC),Bengabad,15 km from Giridih head quarter has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Dhanbad for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5,000.
The incident took place in a PHC in Bengabad's Giridih district here on Tuesday, where the medical officer had allegedly demanded an amount of Rs Rs 5,000 for issuing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for construction work at a sub-health centre in Bengabad village.
The ACB DySP Samir Tirki informed the pioneer that the Medical Officer Dr Kundan Kumar had allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 for clearing bill of one Jitendra Kumar and he has given him Rs 5,000 earlier. While Kumar has lodge a complaint to the ACB,Dhanbad,After the verification of the complaint following which the ACB laid a trap and arrested him taking the remaining Rs 5,000.