The Vigilance police on Wednesday caught Satyaban Giri, ASI of the Jharadihi police outpost under the Tiringi police station in Mayurbhanj district, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 9,000.
Giri had demanded the bribe from Tambray Beshra of Jashipur for not to harass him for selling liquor. His house at native village Raidiha under the Raruan PS in the district and his rest room and office at the Jharadihi outpost were searched. Later, he was arrested and forwarded to court. In another incident, on the allegation of acquisition of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income by Subhendu Kumar Pradhan, Junior Engineer in the Bhubaneswar BDO office, his residences and offices were searched on the day.
Pradhana and his family members were found in possession of assets worth Rs 1.21 crore, including a triple-storied building, a flat, a single-storied building, an apartment, 11 plots, a four-wheeler, two two-wheelers, deposits in different banks, gold and silver ornaments, cash and household articles. On Thursday, Pradhan was arrested and forwarded to court. In yet another graft case, Mamata Hembram, Block Veterinary Officer (BVO), Bhapur; and Ananta Paikaray, Attendant, office of the Bhapur Veterinary Centre, Nayagarh district; were arrested in a bribery case on Thursday.
Vigilance sleuths caught Paikray red-handed while he was demanding and accepting Rs 15,000 from Prahallad Charan Nayak of Madhapur village, Fategarh, Nayagarh, in order to process the file for release of subsidy amount for a goat farm in his favour. Paikaray was collecting the money at the behest of BVO Hembram.