KATHMANDU: Two health workers have been arrested for soliciting bribes for providing free vaccines against coronavirus.
According to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Ajay Kumar Shah, a health assistant working at Mahottari Health Post, had mobilized Krishna Kumar Yadav, a student, who demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the service recipient.
A CIAA team arrested him with the bribe from new bus park area of Janakpur Sub-Metropolis-7 on the basis of information that he had demanded bribe to administer the COVID-19 vaccine that is available free of cost, said CIAA Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Risal.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
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