Govinda Gopal Gadadhar Mohanty, VlW-cum-Executive Officer, Pingol gram panchayat under Sukinda block in Jajpur district, was on Thursday arrested by the Vigilance police while taking bribe. Mohanty had demanded Rs 10,000 from Padmanava Ojha of village Badapingol to submit the verification report for allotment of an IAY house in favour of Ojha.
A trap was laid on Thursday and Mohanty was caught red-handed by the Vigilance officers in the Sukinda block office while accepting the bribe from Ojha. The bribe money was recovered from his pant pocket.