Vigilance officials on Friday arrested contractual Gram Rozgar Sevak Dhaneswar Dash of Gop block in Puri district for demanding and accepting bribe of `10,000 from Trilochan Swain of Desunthi village.
The complainant had alleged that earth work of the road from Bahabala Sarangi Sahi to Nayahat RD Road with an estimated cost of `3,00,000 was executed by him and some villagers. After completion of the work, they received `2,30,000. When Swain requested the accused to release rest `70,000, the latter demanded the bribe. Swain later reported the matter to the Vigilance, following which a trap was laid and Das was caught red-handed.
Similarly, VlW-cum-Executive Officer (Contractual) Ranjan Patra of Boulanga gram panchayat in the district was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers for demanding and accepting bribe of `2,000. He had demanded the bribe from Sibaram Pradhan of Banahara village for releasing bill amounting to `10,000 in the latter’s favour for construction of an IAY house.
In YET another case in Dhenkanal district, Revenue Inspector Trilochan Pradhan of Kualu Circle and his private person Antaryami Samal of Bangura village under the Kamakhya Nagar police station were arrested by Vigilance officers for demanding and accepting `1,000 bribe from Kailash Nayak of Saranga village for preparation of trace map for his land. Nayak later reported the matter to Vigilance. A trap was laid and Samal was caught red-handed while receiving the bribe under Pradhan’s direction,