Alleging that Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of lD Bhatt Government Hospital, Kashipur, BC Joshi was being framed by Vigilance department in a bribery case, the doctors practicing in various government hospitals staged protest by tying black ribbons on their arms.
They demanded independent enquiry into the case. The doctors threatened that they will go for indefinite cease-work strike from Monday if their demands are not met. BC Joshi was allegedly caught red-handed by a Vigilance team while taking bribe at his residence in Udham Singh Nagar's Kashipur area on Friday.
As per the police report, the vigilance department, Haldwani took action after one Girvar Singh, a native of village Munimpur, police station, Thakurdwara, district Moradabad, lodged a complaint. The police claimed that the accused had property worth Rs50 lakh. Besides Rs11 lakh in cash, about 210 gram gold and bank and post office accounts worth around Rs22 lakh and bonds worth Rs2.70 lakh were found at his residence at Aawas-Vikas, Kashipur.
Joshi has been working in the same Kashipur area for about 20 years as a doctor and as CMS of the lD Bhatt Government Hospital in Kashipur for the past one year.