Bhubaneswar, July 26 (UNI) 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 competent authority to dismiss Dr. Barik from government service.
He is currently posted as the Medical Officer in charge at Gurandi Community Health Centre in Ganjam district.
