Virajpet, Dec. 9 (Manjunath& KS)- The Kodagu Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police have arrested Virajpet General Hospital Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Vishwanath Cimpi while accepting bribe for performing surgery.
Surya, a patient suffering from appendicitis, had visited the hospital and consulted Dr. Vishwanath, who advised him to undergo surgery and had demanded Rs. 5,000 from him.
Prior to the surgery, which was performed about 2 days ago, Rs. 3,000 was reportedly paid to Dr. Vishwanath through Google Pay and the remaining Rs. 2,000 was to be paid at the time of removing stitches today.
Meanwhile, patient Surya’s wife Lalitha, with the help of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists had lodged a complaint with Kodagu ACB Police, who had registered a case.
Today, when patient Surya was handing over Rs. 2,000 cash to Dr. Vishwanath, the ACB Police led by Dy.SP Krishnamurthy raided the spot and caught Dr. Vishwanath red-handed.
Sub-Inspectors (SIs) Kumar, Harish and staff took part in the operation.
Is this news??? Bribery is an accepted fact in one’s mundane life. Lancha is the lubricant that keeps the wheel moving.
He is good AMO I have seen him working round the clock he is trapped with some one so I don’t think it’s preplanned to trap him he is for so many years there in Virajpet from 10years above its wrong he is trapped
Some one who eyed to CMO seat or does not like this person has done he is a very hard worker to hospital what he has done to hospital with good equimentz to help for the peoples of virajpet why what happen but it’s preplanned to trap him