Vigilance officers on Sunday caught red-handed Principal of Nayagarh Police Training School (NPTS) Binod Das while he was taking bribe of `75,000 at his official quarters at Nayagarh from the school’s mess in-charge Assistant Sub-Inspector Rama Krushna Satpathy.
Das was brought to Bhubaneswar after his arrest and produced at Vigilance court. He was sent to jail custody after his bail application was rejected. Prior to his posting as the Principal of the NPTS, he had served as the Superintendent of Police (Traffic) in Bhubaneswar.
Simultaneous raids were also conducted at Das’ official residence and in his ancestral house in Chandapur in Jagatsinghpur district, sources revealed. According to Nayagarh Vigilance DSP Harmohan Pati, Binod Das had sought bribe of Rs one lakh every month from the mess in-charge of the school. When Satpathy refused to oblige, Das threatened to transfer him elsewhere. Finally, after agreeing to pay bribe of `75,000, the mess-in-charge reported the matter to the Vigilance.