Director of Mines Senior Assistant Bipin Bihari Mohanty here was arrested by Vigilance officials on Thursday for demanding and accepting bribe of `5,000.
Mohanty demanded the bribe from one Sayed Mubark of the Aska Road in Ganjam district to process a file for grant of prospective license in favour of his brother.
Sayed alleged that he submitted an application in the office of the Mining Officer of Ganjam Circle for grant of prospective license for decorative stone over an area of 5.36 acre in Mahuda village in Ganjam district.
After completing all formalities, the Mining Officer submitted the application with relevant documents to the Director Mines for approval. The file was sent to surveyor for scrutiny. After completion of all the formalities file was received in the office of Director Mines and was received by the accused since September 2 but he did not take any tangible action with an ulterior motive. On Sayed’s complaint, a trap was laid and Bipin Bihari Mohanty caught raid-handed by Vigilance officers in his office room.