The Vigilance police on Wednesday caught Ganjam district’s Dhabalpur Revenue Circle Revenue Inspector (RI) Bhagaban Behera red-handed for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 7,000.
He was caught taking bribe in his office from complainant Trilochana Behera of Chikili village in order to submit enquiry report and delivery of Patta in favour of the complainant in six numbers of mutation cases.
His residential rented house at Ramakrushna Nagarin Brahmapur and house at native village Sapuapalli were searched. He was arrested and forwarded to court. Similarly in another case, Kalahandi district’s Upper Indravati Irrigation Project Amin was taking bribe of Rs 30,000 from one Khirasindhu Panigrahi of Jaipatna in Kalahandi district for release of compensation amount of Rs 10, 13, 219 towards acquisition of 3.05 decimal of land for the project. His residential government quarter at UIIP Colony, Kusumkhunti and residential house at Rajabasa in Mayurbhanj district were searched. Mahanta was arrested and forwarded to court.