Chandigarh, Apr 17 (PTI) Two employees of a civil hospital in Kapurthala district have been arrested for issuing false negative dope test reports in exchange of bribe, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau said on Thursday.

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Acting on a complaint filed on the chief minister's anti-corruption helpline, the Vigilance Bureau arrested a ward attendant named Manpreet Singh alias Sonu and Bholu alias Ismail, a contractual computer operator, for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

The roles of Mohitpal, a doctor posted at the civil hospital in Bholath, and Maan Singh, a contractual lab technician, are under investigation, a spokesperson for the bureau said.

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The probe revealed that the accused accepted Rs 10,000 from the complainant for the issuance of a negative dope test report.

Further investigation indicated that the accused were routinely accepting bribes to fudge dope test results, the spokesperson said.

A case has been registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the relevant section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he added.

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