Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday caught Jharsuguda CDMO office Food Safety Officer Samartha Mohanty for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs30,000 from Sangita Das of Purunabasti to reissue a registration certificate in his husband's name for running food supplement business.
Das alleged that his husband Sanjaya Das had applied for reissuing of Registration Certificate in his favour which was earlier cancelled by Mohanty. While she requested Mohanty to issue the same, the latter demanded Rs30,000 as bribe. The Vigilance sleuths laid a trap and caught Mohanty red-handed while taking Rs30,000 from complainant Das. The investigation was in progress, informed an official release.
