Vigilance officers caught Ashok Das, Senior Doctor of the Women and Obstetrics Department at Kalahandi Medical College, taking a bribe of 6000 rupees from a pregnant woman. They arrested him and confiscated the bribe money.
Rendo Majhi, a pregnant woman from Bhavanipatna, visited Dr. Ashok Das for a checkup. During the consultation, the doctor informed her that her childbirth was imminent. Later, when she expressed her wish to deliver at a government hospital, Ashok demanded a bribe of 6000 rupees. Majhi reported the incident to vigilance officials, who caught Ashok while he was accepting the bribe in his chamber.
Following the arrest, vigilance officers raided Ashok’s government office and chamber. Reports suggest they seized several lakhs of rupees from his house during the raid.