Jaipur, April 8 -- A circle inspector and a constable in Kota were sent to police lines on Monday after they allegedly took a Rs.6.5 lakh bribe to suppress action against a Madhya Pradesh-based doctor in a case involving the abortion of a minor. Kota (rural) Superintendent of police Shujeet Shanker said: "The circle inspector, Surendra Singh, and a subordinate constable, Mahaveer, were found taking Rs.6.5 lakh bribe from the owner of a Madhya Pradesh-based private hospital. The matter came to the fore after we received some internal inputs from the family members of the minor, based on which we sent them to police lines and launched a probe against them." According to officials, the minor's family lodged an FIR against a man for eloping with their daughter two years ago. "In July last year, the local police traced them and brought them back. During the investigation, Surendra found that the two visited a private hospital in MP's Sihor, where the minor underwent an abortion as she was pregnant. It was also conducted by the owner of the hospital, Dr Azad, himself," Shanker said. Following this, constables Mahaveer and Surendra detained the doctor, brought him to Kota on March 8, and demanded Rs.8 lakh to suppress the matter. "They also threatened him to put him behind bars and cancel the licence of his hospital. After a brief negotiation, Azad agreed to pay Rs.6.5 lakh. He paid the money two days later, following which Surendra released him," Shanker said. Meanwhile, some individuals alleged that the police had deliberately released the doctor after taking the bribe....