Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested Junior Engineer (JE) Bipin Bihari Das of the DRDA under Sadar block in Dhenkanal district for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs25,000 from one Kabindra Gochhi of Sadeibereni village. Das demanded the bribe from Gochhi to process R/A bill to the latter for construction of a new AWC building at Sadeibereni. The Vigilance officials caught Das red-handed while he was accepting the bribe money from Gochhi at the Sadar block office.
Vigilance police also on Wednesday arrested Settlement and Consolidation Amin Manoranjan Mishra on the charge of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs1,000 from a person for correction of ROR. The Vigilance sleuths laid a trap and caught Misha red-handed while accepting the bribe money from complainant Harendra Mishra of Purana village under the Basta police station in Baleswar district