Chandikhol Fire Station officer Mohan Kumar Dalei was arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 4,000 to give clearance for installation of a petrol pump at Bairee in Jajpur district. Complainant Rabinarayan Swain of Bairee village under Badachana police station had drawn the notice of Vigilance officer of Cuttack division about it and accordingly a trap was laid on June 20 last.
Dalei was caught red handed by the Vigilance sleuths in his office room while accepting the bribe amount.
Similarly, Krushna Chandra Bala, junior clerk in the office of Tehsildar of Saharapada in Keonjhar district was arrested for illegal gratification of Rs 800 from complainant Ramesh Chandra Mahanta of Banabir village under Patna police station in Keonjhar for processing his application for conversion of a land record in the name of his father. In yet another graft case, Srihari Charan Das, Peskar in the Assistant Settlement Officer’s office at Bandhagada Settlement Camp under Phiringia police station in Kandhamal district was arrested for receiving Rs 6,000 from one Balaram Kanhar of Barepanga village under Phiringia police station in Kandhamal to process a file for issue of individual Patta in his name.