Vigilance sleuths on Monday caught two Forest Guards and a tehsil clerk red-handed while taking bribes.
The Forest Guards, Manoj Kumar Bisoyi and Basanti Madkami of Pulimetla Forest Beat House under Malkangiri district’s Kalimela police station were caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe of `3,500 from Bechu Mazumdar of MV-54 to release two bomboo-loaded bicycles seized from him a week ago.
Mazumdar had in complaint informed the Vigilance that his two bamboo-loaded bicycles had been taken Bisoyi on June 20. When requested, Bisoyi demanded `3,500 for release of the bicycles.
During the trap, both Madkami was too present. Both of them were caught red handed taking the bribe money.
In another incident, Angul Tehsil office senior clerk Rajendra Kumar Sahu was caught by Vigilance officers while demanding and accepting bribe of `1,000 from Naresh Chandra Dehuri of Maranda village under Bantala police station for issue of a land Patta.