Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Cuttack district’s Govindapur police station ASI Chitaranjan Hota for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs2,000.
Hota had demanded bribe from one Subhraprasad Mohanty of Sanapalasundarpur village in the district. Mohanty alleged that for last two months he is carrying on firewood business at Patasundarpur village. On July 22, the tractor loaded with his fire wood was detained by the Govindapur PS staff. Accused Chittaranjan Hota asked him to pay Rs 2,000, otherwise the firewood business will be stopped.
On Mohanty’s complaint, a trap was laid and Chitaranjan Hota caught red-handed by Vigilance officers at in his Government residential quarter at Tulasipur Police Colony, Cuttack.