Food Safety Officer (FSO) Tapaswini Behera and Senior Helper Dharmananda Nayak of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) were arrested on Tuesday in a bribery case.
They were taking Rs1,000 from complainant Ramesh Padhy, a hotel owner of Bila Street, Gosaninuagaon, Brahmapur for renewal of the food licence of the hotel run by the complainant.
A trap was laid and accused Behera and Nayak were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe. The residential houses of Behera at Nilachala Nagar and Prem Nagar were searched and a case was registered.