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ECHS Medical officer among 2 arrested for graft by CBI

New Delhi, March 16 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today said that they have arrested a public servant working as Medical Officer at Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Uttar Pradesh and a private person posted as Assistant General Manager of a Private Hospital in an alleged case of bribery for extending undue favours to the empaneled Private Hospital.
A senior CBI official said that the accused were identified as Major (Retd.) Dr. Ashish Shakya (MBBS), Medical Officer, ECHS Polyclinic, and his aide Bijendra Singh.
The CBI had registered the case on March 15 against five accused, including one Medical Officer at Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, one private company and three representatives of the Private Company/Hospital, besides others. It was alleged that the accused Medical Officer at Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, while acting in connivance with the accused representatives of the private company/hospital, was facilitating and extending undue favours to the Private Hospital by referring the patients, in lieu of obtaining illegal gratification from the Private Company/Hospital.
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