IIC Nilakantha Prasad Patra and Crime Havildar Debendra Prasad Nayak of Sadar Police Station, Kendrapada were arrested by the Vigilance sleuths of Cuttack Division for demanding and accepting bribe.
They were caught red handed while receiving Rs 5,000 from one Chinmay Kar of Bhagabanpur village in Kendrapada district with an assurance not to arrest and forward him in judicial custody in connection with a case in their police station, where he was cited an accused in the FIR.
Basing on the report of Priyambada Panda of village Konsora, the Kendrapara Sadar police had registered a case against Kar and the investigation officer was IIC Patra.
During course of investigation, when Kar came to know that he would be arrested and forwarded in custody, he requested IIC Patra not to arrest and forward him in custody. On this, Patra demanded Rs 10,000 from him. Accordingly, Kar paid a sum of Rs 5,000 to Patra, but again the latter demanded for payment of rest amount.