Satya Sundar Rout, Tehsildar, Raruan in Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj and Kamal Lochan Patra, Amin, Bhanjakia under the Raruan Tehsil, were nabbed by the Vigilance police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 on Friday.
They had demanded the money from a complainant for issuance of RoR (Patta) of his plot. The amount was an installment against an overall demand of Rs 40,000.
Later, searches were carried out on the rented house of the Tehsildar at Karanjia, house of relative at Bhaumanagar, Bhubaneswar, rented house at Soubhagya Nagar in the Delta area of Bhubaneswar and house at native village Kharadi in Jajpur district.
The rented house of the Amin at Bhangudiposi was also searched.
Later, both were arrested and forwarded to court.