ASI Narendra Khuntia of the Banki police Station in Cuttack district was arrested by Vigilance officials on Friday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1,600.
The ASI had demanded the bribe from one Bibhuti Bhusan Das of Patapur village for registration of a case filed by the complainant.
The complainant alleged that he had filed a report at the Banki police station against one Akhaya Sahu and others for forceful possession of his land. When he requested Khuntia for registering the case and arresting the accused, the latter demanded the bribe.
In another case, Vigilance officials arrested Dhushasan Das, Assistant Secretary of the Primary Agricultural Service Cooperative Society at Mangalpur in Jajpur district for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3,300 from one Alok Nayak of Kasab village for purchasing of 60 quintal paddy from the complainant.
Similarly, peon D Taresu of Purusottampur Tehsildar office in Ganjam district was arrested by Vigilance officers for demanding and accepting Rs 1,500 bribe from Revenue Inspector Ramesh Parida of Balia Revenue Circle. The complainant alleged that he was initially serving as the RI under Bhanjanagar Tehsil. When he asked the peon to influence a senior clerk at the Tehsildar office for preparing and sending his arrears to the Treasury, the peon demanded bribe.