The Vigilance police on Monday caught Rajakanika CHC Medical Officer I/C Ajit Kumar Das red-handed while accepting bribe of `2,000 from a resident of Arsa village under the Rajkanika police station, Ramya Ranjan Rout.
Das had demanded `2,000 from Rout to pass the hire and fuel charges of `28,000 of a Bolero jeep. However, Rout informed the Vigilance about it and accordingly, a trap was laid. The Vigilance sleuths caught the Medical Officer redhanded while accepting the bribe in his Government residential quarters at Rajkanika. The accused was arrested and forwarded to court. His residential quarter and residential house in Nayapalli were being searched.