The Vigilance police on Friday arrested Ashutosh Mishra, Public Prosecutor in the court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhawanipatna on the charges of accumulating properties disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Earlier on July 3, Mishra was caught red-handed by personnel of the Vigilance Cell Division, Cuttack while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh an accused to hush up a case in the Vigilance court.
Following the trap, search was conducted at the residential house of Mishra at Radhakrushna Nagar in Bhawanipatna and assets worth Rs 85 lakh was detected including cash of Rs 15. 60 lakh.
During the course of further inquiry, income and expenditure of Mishra was ascertained and he was found in possession of assets worth Rs 75 lakh, disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Mishra, who was on bail, was re-arrested and produced in the court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhawanipatna on the day. The court rejected his bail plea and remanded him to judicial custody.
Meanwhile, the appointment of Mishra as Special Public Prosecutor (Vigilance) has been terminated by the Government.