Ahmedabad Medical Officers Case

Following the arrest of 2 Resident Medical Officers (RMO) attached to Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, a special anti-corruption court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to one of the RMOs involved in the case.

Two doctors of the facility were previously placed under arrest by the Anti Corruption Bureau under the charges of corruption and bribery. A few days ago, the court also refused to grant bail to the other doctor involved in the case.

Both doctors were serving as medical officers responsible for looking after the hospital's administration. The ACB acted on a complaint alleging that the two medical practitioners demanded a bribe of Rs 16 lakh to sanction the canteen bill and extend catering contracts.

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Previously, the team reported that the complainant informed that the bill amounted to as much as Rs 1.8 crores as his brother served food to COVID-19 patients and staff of the hospital for the past four months. The complainant informed the officials that they had already been compelled to provide rupees 10 lakhs to both officials in the past. The doctors again demanded Rs 8 lakhs, under such circumstances, they approached ACB authorities.

The ACB officials allowed the complainant to approach the doctors as he was supposed to pay the remaining amount in the RMO's office so that they could be caught in action. The complainant alleged that initially, the accused demanded a 30% cut to clear the bill. But later, they suggested that he should pay rupees 16 lakhs as commissions.

The two accused doctors were caught in action and were booked under sections 7, 12, 13(1), and 13(2) under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act.

They were presented before a special additional sessions judge in Mirzapur court, and the accused were given a five-day remand. Now, according to a recent media report in Times of India, the accused doctors separately applied for bail in a special anti-corruption court. However, the court refused to grant bail to the doctors.