The Vigilance police caught an Assistant Engineer (AE) red-handed while accepting bribe from a contractor to pass a bill in Dhenkanal district on Monday.
Based on a complaint filed by contractor Jagamohan Panda, the sleuths laid a trap and nabbed Assistant Engineer of DRDA, Dhenkanal, Bipin Bihari Das.
Panda bagged the contract for LED lighting in six blocks of Dhenkanal district. When he met Das to pass his bill for the work done in the six blocks, the latter demanded a bribe of Rs 36,000 a few days back.
The contractor lodged a complaint with the Vigilance. As per a plan, the contractor on Monday approached Das to hand over Rs 16,000.
But Das did not accept the money and asked the contractor to give the bribe amount to one Shakti Prasad Mohanty.In the meantime, the sleuths raided the Assistant Engineer’s office and arrested him for taking bribe.