Radhakrushna Nayak, ex-Commercial Tax Officer, Nabarangpur (retired) has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and pay a fine of Rs 500, in default of payment of the fine to undergo RI for two months more in one of the Vigilance cases against him.
The Special Judge, Vigilance, Jeypore, in his judgment on Saturday, also sentenced Nayak to undergo RI for six months and pay a fine of Rs 500, in default to undergo RI for two months more in another related Vigilance case. The substantive sentences are to run concurrently. The cases were registered against him for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 from Ch Suri Narayan of Nabarangpur to issue a No Dues Tax Clearance Certificate in favour of Maa Santoshi Video Hall run by Narayan to renew the licence of the video hall.