Vigilance officers on Tuesday arrested five persons in connection with different cases, including a bribe one.
The arrested include an employee of a farmers’ cooperative socity, Anant Barik. Vigilance officers found him guilty in irregular distribution of fertilisers meant for farmers in Dahunda GP of Bhograi block in 2014. A major chunk of fertilizers were sold in the market.
Similarly, the sleuths arrested three staffs of the Basudevpur branch of the Baleswar-Bhadrak Central Cooperative Bank, including a former Branch Manager, on the charge of disbursing a total loan amount of `22.81 lakh to farmers in violation of bank guidelines in 2013-14 fiscal.
They are former Branch Manager Satrughna Panigrahi and Account Officer Narayan Barik and loan Officer Jitendra Mohanty of the period.
In another case, Ajay Pradhan, a clerk of Rangamatia PHC under Mayurbhanj district, was arrested for demanding and accepting bribe of `1,500 from a diet supplier, Budhan Singh, for passing a bill worth `7,000.
Vigilance SP Dayanidhi Gochhayat informed about these arrests at a Press meet held here on Tuesday.