Senior Himachal Health Services Officer Arrested In Alleged Graft Case
Police performed searches in his place of dwelling and seized related paperwork (Representational)
Shimla:
The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau of Himachal Pradesh has arrested director of well being products and services Ajay Kumar Gupta in an alleged corruption case, following which the state govt suspended him, officers mentioned on Thursday.
Ajay Gupta used to be arrested via the State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) past due on Wednesday night time underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, bureau superintendent of police (SP) Shalini Agnihotri mentioned.
He used to be arrested after a 43-second audio recording went viral during which he purportedly asks for a bribe of Rs five lakh, the officers mentioned.
Ajay Gupta has been positioned underneath suspension via the state govt after his arrest, a senior legitimate mentioned.
He used to be produced earlier than a courtroom on Thursday. The courtroom remanded him to five-day judicial custody.
Ajay Gupta used to be later admitted to Indira Gandhi Clinical School (IGMC). All over his clinical check-up, docs on the sanatorium discovered his diabetes and blood power ranges bizarre, Ms Agnihotri instructed PTI.
Ms Agnihotri, who additionally heads the bureau’s Particular Investigative Unit (SIU), mentioned searches had been performed at Ajay Gupta’s place of job and place of dwelling underneath her supervision and paperwork had been seized.
