VIJAYAWADA: A government doctor was suspended after he took a bribe of Rs 16,000 from a woman who lost her husband in Udayagiri of Nellore district. Erakam Mudhiraju along with his wife Muneeshwari and two children moved to Kodareddypalli in Nellore in search of a livelihood.
However, Mudhiraju committed suicide on Wednesday. Police registered a suicide case and shifted the dead body to Udayagiri government hospital. There, doctor Samdhani Basha demanded 15,000 for him to conduct autopsy and 1,000 to the attendant.