The Vigilance police on Tuesday arrested a bank relationship manager for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh on behalf of IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, who was arrested from his office on corruption charge on Monday.
Santosh Kumar Pattnayak, the relationship manager of the Bapuji Nagar branch of YES Bank here, was apprehended in front of his office while having accepted the bribe from a sprinkler irrigations systems supplier, a Vigilance department statement said.
Pattnayak had allegedly been receiving bribes from different companies, dealers and suppliers on behalf of the 2009-batch IAS officer Upadhyaya, the statement said.
After his arrest, Upadhyaya, who was Director of Horticulture, has been suspended by the Government.
Pattnayak had received the bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a representative of the SRM Plastochem Private Ltd for approving payment of Rs 50 lakh to the company, the Vigilance statement said. The SRM Plastochem is an empanelled supplier under the Directorate of Horticulture for supply of sprinklers to eligible farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). Upadhyaya had directed the company to pay the bribe to Pattnayak, the statement said. The Vigilance has registered a case against the IAS officer under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1988.