Agar Malwa (Madhya Pradesh): Ujjain Lokayukta sleuths caught a senior health official red-handed accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a doctor in Agar-Malwa district on Friday.
Agar-Malwa in-charge chief medical & health officer (CMHO) Ramesh Chandra Kuril was arrested by team of special establishment of Madhya Pradesh.
Kuril had demanded Rs 20,000 from a contractual child specialist Dr Bhagwan Das Rajauriya for not putting any adverse remark on his extension proposal, Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sunil Talaan said. Kuril brought it down to Rs 10,000 after negotiation, he said.
After verification of complaint, a trap was laid and Kuril was caught accepting Rs 10,000 as bribe. The money was recovered from his possession at his government quarter near Dussehra Maidan on Friday. The official said that the accused CMHO was arrested and a case was registered in this regard. Further investigation in this case was under progress, said DSP Talaan.
