A government doctor was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh for tweaking a post-mortem report in a dowry death case at Shahnagar, MP in the district.
 

Dr Nirmal Jasuja (55), working with a community health centre, allegedly demanded Rs 2 lakhs from the deceased woman's father, a resident of neighbouring Chhattarpur district, said inspector B M Dwivedi of Lokayukta police. The man's daughter allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on February 12. A day earlier she had called up her father, saying that her in-laws were harassing her for dowry, according to the complaint. When the father contacted the doctor for autopsy report of his daughter, the doctor allegedly told him that if he paid Rs 2 lakh, one lakh for him and another one lakh for police officials, he can give a report stating that it was a murder.

The doctor asked him to pay the bribe in two instalments of Rs 1 lakh each, according to the complainant. After the man lodged a complaint, Lokayukta police laid a trap and arrested the doctor while taking the money, inspector Dwivedi said. He was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further investigations was on, he said.