Senior Clerk of Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Dillip Kumar Das was arrested by Vigilance officials on Tuesdayfor demanding and accepting bribe of Rs3,000. He demanded bribe from one Gagan Behari Mohanty of Sankhida village in the district for issue of Physically Handicapped Certificate in favour of his cousin brother.
Mohanty alleged that his cousin brother Biren Kumar Jena had applied physical handicapped certificate at the hospital. Mohanty requested the accused for providing the certificate in favour of his cousin brother. He gave the accused Rs1,500 on September 4, 2015 for the certificate. Das demanded Rs3,500 more for this certificate. When the complainant expressed his inability to pay such amount accused, Das reduced the amount to Rs3,000. On Mohanty’s complaint, a trap was laid and Dillip Kumar Das caught red-handed by Vigilance officers.