The Vigilance police on Tuesday caught Ramesh Chandra Pattnaik, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police, Thuamul Rampur police station in Kalahandi district red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000.
The ASI had demanded the money from a person to help him in an inquiry and not to put him in disadvantage.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches were carried out on the residential Government quarter and office room of Pattnaik at Thuamul Rampur and residential house at Ramsagarpada.
Later, the ASI was arrested and forwarded to court.