The Punjab vigilance bureau has arrested Dr Parminder Kumar, a former civil surgeon of Rupnagar who has since retired, for taking bribes in cash and kind from his subordinate doctors.
Stating this in Chandigarh on Friday, a VB spokesperson said that the case was registered following verification of a complaint lodged by Dr Naresh Kumar on the chief minister’s anti-corruption helpline.
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He said that during investigation, the VB found that Dr Parminder Kumar used to harass his subordinate doctors by issuing unnecessary show-cause notices and unauthorised orders for deputation to get money from them as bribes. It was also established that the accused had demanded bribes from the doctors during a meeting on October 21, 2021, after which Dr Tarsem Singh gave him ₹10,000.
He took ₹20,000 each from Dr Satwinder Pal and Dr Vikrant Saroa as well and made the complainant, Dr Naresh Kumar, pay the electricity bill of ₹2,764 of his residential quarters.
{{/usCountry}}He took ₹20,000 each from Dr Satwinder Pal and Dr Vikrant Saroa as well and made the complainant, Dr Naresh Kumar, pay the electricity bill of ₹2,764 of his residential quarters.
{{/usCountry}}It was found that the regular expenses of Dr Parminder Kumar did not match his carry-home salary.
A case was registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB range police station in Ludhiana.