The Vigilance sleuths of Bhubaneswar Division on June 25 arrested ASI of Police lingaraj Sethi of GRP Outpost, Puri in a bribery case.
He demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs1,000 from complainant Gunanidhi Martha, Havildar, Ramchandi police station, Puri. Havildar Martha alleged that in connection with a theft case, ASI Sethy had arrested his son Happy @ Rati Ranjan Martha. In the case, he seized five mobile phones from his possession, including stolen mobile phone of one Subrat Kumar Sahani, who had lodged a complaint on the theft of his mobile phone.
Sethi received Rs2,000 from complainant Martha to help his son in the case. Meanwhile, court directed Sethi to produce up-to-date CD on and Martha requested Sethi to submit the up-to-date CD, but Sethi demanded Rs 1,000 for the purpose. Martha reported the matter to Vigilance. Sethy was caught red-handed in a trap laid on June 25 near entrance gate of GRP Outpost, Puri.
In another case, Bibekananda Behera, secretary and Krushna Mohan Pattnaik, cashier of the Odisha State Electricity Board Employees’ Cooperative and Credit Thrift Society (OSEBECS), Balimela, Malkangiri, were arrested and forward to court on June 25 for corruption and forgery.
During investigation by Koraput Vigilance on the allegation for submitting fake loan applications, forged DDO certificates without certifying the genuineness of the documents, DDO undertakings and violating the rules, regulations and bye-laws of the bank, it was found that the bank sustained financial loss of Rs4, 92, 62,953 including Rs1, 44, 84,293 towards principal loan amount and Rs3, 50, 48,107 towards interest as on March 31, 2015.