KHUJAND, August 6, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Deputy director of the Konibodom Medical College (Sughd province) faces charge of bribery.

According to the anticorruption agency’s office for Sughd, the Konibodom Medical College deputy director for logistics, O.D., was caught red-handed while taking 1,400 U.S. dollars from local resident A.M.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against O.D. under the provisions of Article 247 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – fraud.  An investigation into his case has already been completed and the case has moved to a court, the source said.

According to the statistical data from the anticorruption agency’s office for Sughd, 47 cases of fraud have been reported in the province over the first half-year of 2013, which was 29 cases fewer than in the same period last year.