This story is from April 8, 2021

Khagaria doctor, clerk held for taking Rs 1.8 lakh bribe

Two trap teams of vigilance investigation bureau on Wednesday caught a senior government doctor and head clerk of Khagaria civil surgeon office while accepting a bribe of altogether Rs1.8 lakh to close the department inquiry against a nurse for impersonation and release her salary held since August last year.
Khagaria doctor, clerk held for taking Rs 1.8 lakh bribe
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KHAGARIA/PATNA: Two trap teams of vigilance investigation bureau on Wednesday caught a senior government doctor and head clerk of Khagaria civil surgeon office while accepting a bribe of altogether Rs1.8 lakh to close the department inquiry against a nurse for impersonation and release her salary held since August last year.
While Dr Subhash Chandra Baitha Suman was arrested from the restroom of Gogri primary health centre, head clerk Rajendra Prasad Sinha was nabbed from his official quarter at Baghwa Chowk in Khagaria Bazar.

Suman was arrested while accepting Rs 1.5 lakh as a bribe from the nurse, Ruby Devi. Sinha was caught taking Rs 30,000 as a bribe from Ruby’s husband Sanjeet Kumar.
Baitha is the medical officer in-charge (MOIC) of Gogri sub-divisional hospital in Khagaria. The nurse was posted there.
As per the vigilance bureau sources, the health department received complaints that the woman working as a nurse at the sub-divisional hospital was not Ruby, but an impersonator.
Sources said an inquiry was initiated. The nurse’s salary was withheld in August last year. “She was getting a salary of Rs 57,544 per month,” the sources said.
“A bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh was demanded by the doctor for closing the departmental inquiry and releasing her salary for the last seven months. The clerk demanded Rs 50,000 to put up her file before the district civil surgeon,” a vigilance source said.

The source said after negotiation, the clerk agreed to do the work for Rs30,000 while doctor didn’t budge from his demand.
“A vigilance team led by DSP Vimlendu Kumar Verma trapped the doctor while another team led by DSP Sarvesh Kumar Singh caught the clerk,” the source said.
When contacted, Khagaria civil surgeon Dr Ajay Kumar Singh said Ruby was appointed as a nurse in August last year. “After verification, the health department found her documents valid. However, soon after she joined, her relatives started submitting written complaints that the nurse was impersonating Ruby by forging documents,” he said.
Dr Singh said an inquiry was initiated. “Ten days back, Munger SP submitted a report that Ruby is a genuine person and her documents were also bonafide,” he said.
Singh said her salary would be released soon. “She continued working all these times,” he added.
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