Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Saroj Xalxo, Forester and Shantilata Bhoi, Forest Guard of Sambalpur district’s Rengali Forest Section on the charge of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2,000 from a person to stop filing a case.
Acting on the complaint of Basudev Rhohidas of Ramchandranagar under the Rengali police station, the sleuths laid a trap and caught Xalxo and Bhoi with the bribe money. The Government quarter of Xalxo was being searched, an official release said.