India: Doctor arrested in graft case
The Times of India on April 27, 2011 reported that a doctor was caught red-handed in Bhilwara for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 500 to release a cheque of Rs 1400 which was to be given to a woman under Janani Suraksha Yojana scheme of the state government. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested him and booked him under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act. According to IG, ACB, Umesh Mishra, the accused doctor, Rajendra Singh Kothari, was deputed at community health centre at Mandalgarh in Bhilwara district. The complainant, Mohammad Yunus, had approached the agency after the doctor demanded a bribe of Rs 500. “Yunus’s wife Rehana Begum had been admitted to the community health centre on April 22 for delivery,” said Mishra.
The original article can be found at The Times of India.


