The Vigilance police on Thursday caught Ganjam district’s Sorada block Gram Panchayat Technical Assistant (GPTA) Anil Kumar Behera red-handed for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 2,500.
He was caught taking bribe at his residence from one Kahnu Charan Panigrahi of Nuagaon village in Ganjam district for release of Rs 24,500 towards construction of a cowshed granted in his favour.
His residential quarter at Sorada was searched. Behera was arrested and forwarded to court.