Rajasthan / Jaipur nurse held for taking bribe for arranging ICU bed

A male nurse of a private hospital in Jaipur has been arrested for taking a bribe for arranging an ICU bed for a COVID-19 patient at a government hospital, police said. The accused demanded ₹1.30 lakh for arranging the bed at RUHS, Jaipur. The accused had already taken ₹95,000 and was held while accepting the installment of ₹23,000, police said.

Vikrant Shekhawat : May 09, 2021, 06:02 PM
Jaipur: Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a male nurse of a private hospital here for taking a bribe for arranging an ICU bed for a Covid-19 patient at a government facility, an official statement said.

The accused has been identified as Ashok Kumar Gurjar, it said.

Gurjar, who was working as a nurse with Metro Mas Hospital here, had demanded ₹1.30 lakh from the complainant for arranging an ICU bed and other facilities at the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) for a Covid-19 patient, Director General of Police, ACB, B L Soni said in the statement.

The accused had already taken ₹95,000 from the complainant, he said.

The complaint was verified and the accused was arrested while he was accepting the instalment of ₹23,000, he added.

Gurjar has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and a search is being conducted at his residence, Soni said.