Nirjan Sahoo, Senior Clerk, Niali Panchayat Samiti in Cuttack, was arrested by the Vigilance police for taking bribe of `2,000 on Tuesday.
Vigilance officers caught Sahoo red-handed in his office room while demanding and accepting the bribe from Brahamanda Mallick of village Sagadailo for processing the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) record for preparation of cheque of Rs 23,000 towards final payment to Mallick.
The bribe money wasen recovered from Sahoo’s shirt pocket.