In-Charge Medical Officer & Pharmacist Caught Taking Rs 40K Bribe In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended medical officer in-charge of Boipariguda Community Health Centre (CHC) in Koraput, Dr Biswajit Bhuyan, and Pharmacist of Mobile Health Unit of National Health Mission (NHM) Uttam Mahankuda while allegedly accepting Rs 40,000 bribe.

They were caught-red handed while accepting the bribe money from a CHC staffer to release her arrear salary. The entire money was recovered from them and seized, a Vigilance release said.

Simultaneous searches are currently at 3 locations linked to Bhuyan and one to Mahankuda to ascertain whether they had accumulated assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, it added.