An Inspector of Police was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the Vigilance Court here for implicating a person in a false case and assaulting him at the police station in 2010.
The convict was identified as Nalini Kanta Mohapatra. He was working as Bissamcuttack police station IIC in Rayagada district.
Mohapatra had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from one Radhakanta Das and threatened him to implicate him in a false case in 2010.
Later, the complainant had reported the matter to the anti-graft agency. Accordingly, a trap was laid and Mohapatra was caught red-handed while receiving the bribe money.
A case was registered against Mohapatra followed by the filing of charge-sheet.