Bribe case: VB recovers ₹20,000 more from arrested ‘scribe’
Hindustan TimesA day after a man, who claimed to be a scribe, was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a doctor deputed at the civil hospital in Jagraon, the vigilance bureau officials recovered ₹20,000 from his possession on Friday, which was taken as a first installment of the bribe two days ago. On Thursday, a team of the vigilance bureau on the complaint of Dr Deepak Goel, medical officer at civil hospital in Jagraon, had laid a trap and nabbed Nirbhai while accepting the bribe. SSP vigilance bureau, Ludhiana Range, Ravinderpal Singh said that two ‘scribes’, including Buta Singh of Galib Kalan and Manjit Singh of Leelan; and another person Baljinder Singh of Kaunke Colony, who are also booked in the case, are absconding. Later, Baljinder filed a complaint against Dr Goel to the SMO, Ludhiana, alleging that he had not received proper treatment at the civil hospital Jagraon and had been intentionally referred to a private hospital owned by the doctor’s relatives.