Ganjam district’s Digapahandi Forest Range Officer Kishore Kumar Nayak was arrested by Vigilance officials on Saturday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs30,000.
Nayak had demanded bribe from one Satya Narayan Behera of Pattapur village in the district for not initiating any legal action against him relating to seizure of timbers from his house.
The complainant Satya Narayan Behera alleged that he is a carpenter by profession and on February 16, the accused along with forest officials and police officers conducted raid in his house and seized timbers along with other machineries. When he asked seizure list, Nayak demanded bribe of Rs40,000. After negotiation, the accused agreed to receive Rs30,000.
later, on the complaint of Behera, a trap was laid and the accused was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers.