A CBI court here on Saturday convicted a Khadi and Village Industries (KVIC) Clerk in a bribery case and sentenced him to undergo one-year rigorous imprisonment.
Special CBI Judge Lokanath Mohapatra found KVIC Upper Division Clerk Bibhisana Nayak guilty in the case. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on the convict. Nayak had demanded Rs 5,000 bribe from one Nilakantha Mansingh of Chhatrapada in Begunia block to process his loan file and to get the loan sanctioned under Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
On the basis of the complaint of the Mansingh, a case was registered with CBI, Bhubaneswar on August 4, 2013. Accordingly, a trap was laid and Nayak was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe.
The CBI court pronounced the verdict after recording statements of 11 witnesses and examining 80 documents. CBI Public Prosecutor Rajeswar Hota was conducting the case.