Bhubaneswar: Police today arrested as many as 75 brokers operating in various healthcare institutes and Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across the state.
Police said that 31 middlemen were arrested from hospitals while 44 others were arrested from RTOs in different districts today.
The state police have launched a special drive after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has instructed to make hospitals and RTOs free of middlemen recently.
Police DG B.K Sharma on Thursday has asked concerned police to establish linkages of middlemen with others including owners of nursing homes, diagnostic centres and health officials. Sharma has also asked to continue the drive on a daily basis and to submit the Situation Report every day.
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