Vigilance sleuths arrested three police officers, including two IICs, of different police stations and a Revenue Inspector (RI) during the last 24 hours in the State.
Pattamundai police station SI Niranjan Sundaray was arrested while accepting illegal gratification of Rs2,000 from one Ganeswar Biswal of Adhakhanda village in connection with submission of charge-sheet against some accused persons.
As per sources, on FIR of Biswal, a case was registered against Aurokhita Mallick, Chandan Mallick, Sagar Mallick and three others of Adhakhanda village. Sundaray investigated the case. During investigation, accused Chandan Mallick was arrested and forwarded to court. Other accused persons obtained anticipatory bail from the Orissa High Court. Biswal requested SI Sundaray for submission of charge sheet, but the latter demanded Rs2,000 as bribe.
Finding no other option, the complainant reported the matter to SP Vigilance, Cuttack Division. Accordingly, a trap was laid on May 15 at about 11.55 am. Search of his residential house at Indiragandhi Colony, Dhauli, Bhubaneswar, was in progress.
Similarly, Vigilance officers arrested Bhadrak district’s Basudevpur PS IIC Bulu Munda while taking bribe of Rs5,000 from a timber trader, SK Ajamatullah, in the premises of Bhadrak SP office.
According to information, the SP had convened a meeting of senior district police officials to discuss the law and order situation. While the meeting was underway, Panda came out of the meeting room and collected the bribe money when Vigilance officers nabbed him red-handed.
Earlier in the day, Vigilance officers had arrested Baleswar district’s Baliapal PS IIC Surendra Kumar Beuria for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs10,000 from one Pushpanjali Mohapatra to strike out her husband’s name in a criminal case.
Beuria had demanded Rs20,000 for dropping complainant Ganesh Mohapatra’s name.
Following the trap, Vigilance teams carried out raids on his office, quarter at Baliapal, rented house at Baleswar and parental house at Binjharpur in Jajpur district. Several lakhs of rupees were seized, said sources.
On Monday, Gajapati district’s Seranga RI Chaintamani Panigrahi was arrested by Vigilance sleuths for taking bribe of Rs1,000 from Subash Ganta of Parida village to issue his RoR.
His rented house at Bhandari Sahi, Paralakhemundi was under search, informed an official release.