Vigilance sleuths of Cuttack Division on Monday arrested ASI Amarendra Mohanty of the Dadaraghati police outpost under the Parjang police station in Dhenkanal district for demanding and accepting bribe.
The ASI had demanded bribe of Rs 1,500 from one Khageswar Bhutia of Raghunathpur village to compromise a miscellaneous dispute. later, a trap was laid and the ASI was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from Bhutia at his office. The case is under investigation.