A probe has been ordered following allegations that a family was compelled to pay Rs 5,000 to a sanitation worker at Sadar government hospital for the post-mortem of a woman and her daughter, who died after drowning in a pond.
The incident took place in Chatra district's Bhojya village.
"A probe has been ordered after it came to light that the bereaved family paid Rs 5,000 to a sanitation worker for the post-mortem of the two deceased at the Sadar Hospital," said Ravi Anand, the deputy commissioner of Chatr.
"I have constituted a four-member committee under the leadership of Sadar SDO, Md. Zahur Alam and directed him to submit a detailed inquiry report within 24 hours," he added.
With inputs from PTI
