Former chairperson of Gop block in Puri district Benguli Behera has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for one and a half years and to pay a fine of Rs 2,000, in default of payment of the fine to undergo RI for three months more, in a Vigilance case.
She had demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 2,000 from Dilip Kumar Nayak of village Jamara for countersigning the bill of a road construction executed by Nayak. On completion of the trial of the case, the Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, held Behera guilty of the charges and convicted her concurrently.