Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested Assistant Block Education Officer (ABEO) of Jajpur Block Ramakanta Sethi in front of the office of the District Project Coordinator, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at Jajpur for accepting Rs 2,000 as bribe from Balamundali Primary School teacher Debadutta Swain for not taking any action against him for not being present in the school on September 18 during the visit of the ABEO.
Swain had approached Vigilance officials earlier. and a trap was laid. Then, Vigilance officer Bharat Chandra Sethi and his team caught the ABEO red-handed. and seized the bribe money from his possession.