COVID +VE, I-T MAN CONVICTED IN BRIBERY CASE HANGS SELF IN HOSP

An income tax officer convicted in a bribery case committed suicide in a government hospital in Jaipur on Monday. The officer had tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in the hospital for treatment. The officer, Vinay Kumar Mangla, was admitted in a ward on the sixth floor of the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) hospital where he hung himself with the help of a bed sheet. The guard on duty at the floor found Mangla hanging in the ward and informed the hospital authorities who informed the Pratap Nagar police station. Mangla, 45, was nabbed by the CBI 4 years back, accepting a bribe of Rs1 lakh in Jhalawar town, about 350 km south of Jaipur. On January 22, a CBI special court had convicted Mangla in the case and sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment. Before being taken to jail, the officer had been admitted in RUHS for a Covid-19 test on Sunday and was found to be positive. —FPJ Correspondent