Bhubaneswar, July 26 -- A Special Vigilance Court in Sundargarh today sentenced Dr. Patita Paban Barik, former Medical Officer of Gurundia Community Health Centre (CHC) in Sundargarh district, to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case.
The court also imposed a fine on Dr. Barik, who was found guilty under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from a complainant.
According to Odisha Vigilance, the doctor had demanded the bribe from a vehicle owner in exchange for signing a logbook required to process the hire charge bill for a vehicle engaged by the complainant.
Following the conviction, Odisha Vigilance will move the compe...