Koraput district Collector Madhusudan Mishra has suspended Nandapur Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) Snigdharani Mishra following her being nabbed for taking a bribe of Rs 1.75 lakh from a member of a SHG group last month.
The CDPO was suspended under the direction of the State Government. On October 27, Vigilance officials had caught the CDPO red-handed while she was accepting the bribe from SHG member Snehalata Dalapati of Badsan Sahi in Nandapur.
The CDPO had allegedly demanded the bribe in order to pass a bill of Rs 9,47,843 for the month of September and renew the agreement on supply of THR (Take Home Ration) in favour of the SHG.
Earlier in 2016 also, the Vigilance police had registered a case against the CDPO on the charge of acquisition and possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.