Vigilance sleuths on Thursday late night arrested two persons, Kartika Ghatan and Iswar Ghatan, for offering bribe of Rs 98,900 to Jeypore Sadar PS SI Chinteswar Munda and requesting him not to take any legal action against their kin Bisikesan Ghatan, who had been caught for illegally carrying ganja, and to release his Bolero van.
SI Munda along with other staffs was checking the motor vehicles on NH 26 near Ambaguda police outpost when they intercepted the Bolero carrying 42.5 kg ganja and driven by Bisikesan.
Then, police arrested Bishikesan and registered a case against him.
Knowing about Bishikesan’s arrest, brother Kartika and uncle Iswar requested Munda to release the vehicle and not to initiate any criminal case against Bisikesan and offered Rs 1 lakh as bribe to him for the purpose.
But Munda reported the matter to IIC Nirmal Kumar Mohapatra and the Vigilance SP about the bribe offering.Accordingly, the Vigilance sleuths laid a trap and caught the two, Kartika and Iswar, while offering Rs 98,900 to Munda in the police station at around 9.30 pm on Thursday.