Sonepur: Vigilance nabs lab technician taking ₹9k bribe
Sonepur: Vigilance nabs lab technician taking ₹9k bribe
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's anti-corruption sleuths apprehended a Senior Laboratory Technicial of a government Community Health Centre (CHD) in Odhsha's Sonepur district on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 9,000 for medical tests.
Akshaya Kumar Pattnaik, the accused, was assigned to Tarva CHC in Sonepur district.
Though medical tests are provided free of charge in CHCs on behalf of the government, allegations that Pattnaik was routinely demanding money for such tests from poor villagers were received, according to a Vigilance release.
According to the information, the accused was apprehended while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 9000 from the complainant in exchange for his blood test and that of 60 other villagers. According to the report, he demanded Rs 150 per test.
The bribe money was recovered and seized from the accused.
Following the trap, searches are being conducted at two locations in Pattnaik from the Disproportionate Assets angle.
A case has been opened, and an investigation is underway. A detailed report is being prepared.
