India, July 4 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Gurugram arrested Palwal chief medical officer red handed when he was allegedly accepting Rs.1 lakh bribe from a private hospital owner, officials said on Friday.

ACB officials said the accused, Dr Jai Bhagwan Jatan, was taking bribe money from the complainant at his official residence in Palwal late Thursday night when he was caught during the raids. Officials said Jatan had hardly two years left for superannuation.

Officials later searched the residence and found Rs.3 lakh cash from one of the cupboards, which was also part of the bribe that Jatan allegedly took from the complainant.

A senior ACB official said the complainant had set up a private hospital in Palwal in partnership with th...