Rajasthan: Two RUHS staff held for taking bribe to provide bed

JAIPUR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested two employees of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 to provide a bed to a Covid patient in the institute.
Accused Omvir and Pawan are both electricians working in the facility on a contractual basis. Additional superintendent of police ACB (Jaipur) Bajranj Singh said the duo had demanded Rs 1 lakh for a bed with all facilities from the complainant. According to the agency, the accused initially asked for Rs 10,000 advance from the complainant on Saturday.
“The complainant was called at a particular place to hand over the amount. As soon as the duo received the amount, they were arrested,” said Singh. The agency questioned them on what basis they had promised a bed to the complainant. “Their phones have been seized and their houses raided to establish their link in the racket. We are also trying to figure out if they had provided beds to others in RUHS,” said the official, who hinted that without the help of senior officials at the hospital, both the accused were not in a position to offer a bed to anybody.
Recently, a nursing staff of Metro Mass Hospital Ashok Kumar was arrested by police for accepting a bribe for providing a bed in RUHS.