2 medical officials held for accepting bribe

Two senior medical officials were caught today for accepting Rs 80,000 as bribe, sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau said.

Medical superintendent Dr R Murahari and senior assistant N Narender Goud of the District Headquarters Hospital in Sangareddy district accepted the money for doing an official favour, a press release from the bureau said.

Goud received the money from the complainant under the direction of Murahari, the release said, adding that the two have been arrested.