The Vigilance police on Wednesday caught Ganjam district’s Bomokei Community Health Centre (CHC) Medical Officer (MO) Dr Sishir Kumar Pradhan and Pharmacist P Raghaba Rao Patra red-handed for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 2,000.
They were caught while accepting bribe from Jhumuri Gouda of Jharipadar village in Ganjam district for discharge of her husband, whose operation had been conducted on April 4 2018 at the CHC.
Accordingly, a trap was laid and Dr Pradhan was caught red-handed in his office chamber in CHC premises and later Patra was caught while receiving Rs 500 from the bribe amount from Dr Pradhan.
In another trap case, Kalahandi district’s M Rampur police station Karlamunda outpost ASI Gaya Kumar Senapati was caught red-handed by the Vigilance police for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3,000.
He was caught while accepting bribe from Krushna Charana Nayak of Karlamunda village in Kalahandi district for not arresting and forwarding Nayak in a case dated on February 7, 2018.
His residential house at Deheli village in Kalahandi district was searched. He was forwarded to court.