GIRIDIH, Jan. 29 -- Medical Officer, of Bengabad had allegedly accepted Rs 5,000 during the verification of the complaint following which the ACB laid a trap and arrested him taking the remaining Rs 5,000. A Medical officer identified as Dr Kundan Kumar associated with a Primary Health Centre (PHC),Bengabad,15 km from Giridih head quarter has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Dhanbad for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5,000.

The incident took place in a PHC in Bengabad's Giridih district here on Tuesday, where the medical officer had allegedly demanded an amount of Rs Rs 5,000 for issuing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for construction work at a sub-health centre in Bengabad village.

The ACB DySP Samir Tirki informed th...