Hospital guard held for seeking Rs 10,000 bribe

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested a private security guard Narinder Kumar, deployed in the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, and resident of village Chak Sadhu Wala in Hoshiarpur district for demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 in the name of a PCMS doctor.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said a case has been registered against the accused based on a complaint lodged by Lokesh, a resident of Mallanwala Khas, Ferozepur on the Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line.

He further said the complainant had said in his complaint that he had approached an orthopaedics specialist in the office of Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar, to issue disability certificate for his relative but couldn’t get the disability status to purchase e-tricycle. Afterwards the accused, deployed as a security guard by the doctor outside his office, has demanded Rs 10,000 to get the disability certificate. The complainant has recorded the conversation on his phone with the accused and submitted it to the VB as an evidence.

The spokesperson said during verification, the allegations had been found correct as the same had been supported by oral evidence as well as recording of conversation. Based on this verification report, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused Narinder Kumar at VB police station, Jalandhar range. He would be produced in a court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.