Bijay Kumar Kothi, Forester, Rourkela Forest Division, Sundargarh district, was on Thursday arrested by Vigilance police for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of `10,000. Kothi had demanded bribe from one Raju Nag of Kuchelata village under Chandiposh police limits for processing a document and release of a seized vehicle. Following Nag’s complaint, a trap was laid and Forester was caught red-handed while accepting illegal gratification from Nag at Banki Forest Section office.
The Forester’s official residence and residential building at Kenduapada, Sundargarh town were being searched by the Vigilance officers. Ramakanta Parida, Assistant Horticulture Officer, Nimapara, Puri was on Wednesday arrested by Vigilance police for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of `10,000. Parida demanded bribe from one Jharana Samantray of village Bakugram under Balanga police limits to furnish a spot visit report to enable her to get subsidy under Mission for Integrated Development for Horticulture (MIDH) scheme.
Following Samantray’s complaint, Parida was caught red-handed at his office room while accepting bribe.His residential house at Mukundaprasad in Khordha district was then searched.
In yet another case, Vigilance officials on Wednesday caught Tofan Guru, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Dhauli police station in Bhubaneswar red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of `1,500 from one Prashant Sahu from Jaipur village to a settle land dispute. The ASI was forwarded to court on Thursday.