KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Two health workers have been arrested for allegedly soliciting bribes from the people for the free vaccines provided by the government vaccines against the coronavirus.

According to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, Ajay Kumar Shah, a health assistant working at Mahottari Health Post, had mobilized Krishna Kumar Yadav, a student studying as Health Assistant and demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the service recipient.

A team from the Commission's Tangal team arrested him with a bribe from the new bus park of Janakpur Sub-Metropolis-7 on the basis of information that he had demanded bribe to provide the COVID-19 vaccine, which is available free of cost. Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Risal said that further investigation is underway. 

 
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