Chandigarh: Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught a Division Medical Officer of Indian Railways, Delhi Division, Panipat, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,00,000.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the ACB said the accused Divisional Medical Officer Dr Rohit Kundu has been arrested on the complaint of Naveen.

Giving further details, he said that the complainant had approached the ACB and alleged that the above Divisional Medical Officer of Indian Railways has demanded a bribe of Rs 15,00,000 in lieu of referring the patient to the complainants’ hospital and forwarding the bills of patients to the higher authority.

The spokesperson informed that after verifying the facts, a team of ACB has laid a trap and the accused medical officer has been arrested red-handed while taking Rs 5,00,000 as a bribe from the complainant in the presence of an independent witness.

In this regard, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused Divisional Medical Officer at ACB police station Karnal. Further investigation, in this case, was under progress. /BI/