Niranjan Rout, Excise Sub-Inspector, Karanjia in Mayurbhanj district, was arrested by the Vigilance police for taking bribe of Rs2,000.
He was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers in front of the Excise Office building on Friday while demanding and accepting the bribe from Dhaneswar Satpathy of Jenapur in Jajpur district, at present at Karanjia, to provide him a No Due Certificate for the purpose of issue of excise trading licence in his favour.The bribe amount was recovered from Rout’s trouser pocket.Rout was forwarded to court on Saturday and the court remanded him to judicial custody till April 11.