A few days after Gadasila Revenue Inspector (RI) in-Charge Ranjan Panigrahi was suspended when a video of him in a compromising position with a woman at his office went viral, the Dhenkanal police arrested him on Friday.
Panigrahi, who served as Additional Revenue Inspector, was engaged as the RI in-Charge of Gadasila Circle office under Odapada Tehsil for past few months. Two days ago, the concerned woman had lodged a complaint at the Town police station and a case was registered in connection with the incident. Acting on a tipoff, the town police led by IIC Namita Nayak conducted a raid on a lodge in the Caltex area here. Seeing the cops, Panigrahi tried to run away, but the cops managed to nab him at Haat Road. He was brought to the olice station.
On April 11, district Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera had suspended Panigrahi for six months after a video showing him in a compromising position with the woman in the office went viral.
The Collector also had directed the Odapada Tehsildar to initiate an inquiry into the incident and submit a report.