Phulajharana Primary School Assistant Teacher Kumudini Meher in Balangir district was arrested by Vigilance sleuths on Friday for demanding and accepting bribe of `1.10 lakh from complainant Arjun Rout.
Rout reported to Vigilance on June 2 with allegation that the peon post of Saintala Model School, Bolangir is lying vacant.
Meher assured Rout to pursue the higher officer known to her, for giving appointment to Kulamani Nayak, nephew of the complainant. For this purpose, she demanded the bribe. Then, the complainant reported to Vigilance.
In yet another case on the day, Police ASI Satrughan Pradhan of Majhipali in Sambalpur district was arrested by Vigilance sleuths for demanding and accepting bribe of `3,500 from one Santosh alias Mangalu Thakur of Talab village under the Sasan police limits. Thakur reported to Vigilance with allegation that he had some family dispute with his neighbour Bikram Bijar of his village, for which on April 23 Bikram Bihar reported against him at the Majhipali police outpost.
In another case, Vigilance officials conducted multiple raids on the houses of by Gram Panchayat Extension Officer Sesadev Naik of Koira block in Sundargarh district on allegation of possession of disproportionate assets to his known source of income.
During the raids, Naik’s two double-storied houses and his father-in-law’s house in Sundargarh, parental house at Surada, his office and residence at Koira in Sundargarh district were simultaneously searched.