The Vigilance police on Thursday caught Sanjay Kumar Padhi, Revenue Supervisor of Suliapada tehsil in Mayurbhanj district, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,500.
Padhi had demanded the bribe from a visually-challenged person to facilitate sanction of incentive amount in his favour towards marriage between a disabled and a normal person.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches were carried out by Vigilance teams on the residential house of Padhi at Baghra Road in Baripada town and his office room at Suliapada.
Later, Padhi was arrested and forwarded to court.
