CUTTACK: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested Ganjam NAC Executive Officer Satya Narayan Pratihari for taking bribe of Rs 5,000 from NAC JE Biswaranjan Jena to release his arrear salary of five months till February, 2018.
Jena had joined Ganjam NAC on October 12, 2017 and his lPC was received by Pratihari. Jena had to receive salary for five months amounting to Rs 36,040, excluding advance of Rs 18,600 taken by him. While Jena requested Pratihari to release his arrear salary, the latter demanded the above amount and instructed him to hand over the bribe money at the Chatrapur railway station. Accordingly, Vigilance officers laid a trap and caught Pratihari while taking Rs 5,000 from Jena at the station.