Bhubaneswar

K'put block official caught taking bribe

PNS

Vigilance sleuths on Monday arrested Koraput district’s Kundura block Mission Shakti Resource Person (contractual) Pankajini Pradhan on charge of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs3,000 from a Self Help Group representative to release last loan installment of Rs1 lakh. Acting on a complaint lodged by Bhandar Gharani SHG president lachama Kamar, the sleuths laid a trap and caught Pradhan red-handed while accepting Rs3,000 as bribe from the complainant on the veranda of her house at Kundura. The case was still under investigation, an official release informed.