Ajit Kumar Sahu, lineman-cum-Dealing Assistant in the office of Junior Engineer, Electrical Section-I, Chhatrapur, and Tapan Kumar Behera, lineman, were arrested by Vigilance officers on Thursday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs5,200 from Manmath Kumar Padhy of village Medirisahi, Chhatrapur, Ganjam, to supply new electric connection to his shop.
A Vigilance release said a trap was laid in the premises of JE office. Padhy went to the JE office and found Sahu sitting with Behera in a room. Both inquired from him about the bribe money, and when he replied in affirmative, all of them came out from the office room. Sahu directed Padhy to hand over the money to him. Accordingly, Padhy gave the money to Sahu, who handed over it to Behera. Behera kept the money with him. At the sight of Vigilance officials, he ran away and gave the money to Krushna Chandra Mishra, an employee, with condition to take it back later. The bribe money was recovered from the possession of Mishra.