CBI arrests Health Ministry Under Secretary on bribery charges
Officials said that the MoHFW Under Secretary had been approached for a Statement of Need by the complainant’s friend’s son, who is a resident of the US.
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Officials said that the MoHFW Under Secretary had been approached for a Statement of Need by the complainant’s friend’s son, who is a resident of the US.
Sonu Kumar, an Under Secretary, Ministry of Health, demanded a bribe from him in exchange for issuing the Statement of Need.
The complainant was asking for the Statement of Need, which is issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Indian doctors to enable them to pursue higher studies in the US.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged an FIR against an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Health for allegedly demanding bribe from a US-based Indian person for issuing a Statement of Need from the ministry.The individual wanted ...