Bolangir: Odisha Vigilance sleuths arrested the District Chief Civil Supplies Officer of Bolangir for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
The accused has been identified as G. Prabhakara Patro, (CCSO), Bolangir.
Patro has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant for clearing his pending bills as well as instead of placing of new order. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of the accused and seized.
Earlier, Patro had demanded and taken a bribe of Rs 1, 30, 000 from the complainant a few days back. Today, Patro, while accepting the rest amount of the bribe was nabbed by the team of Odisha Vigilance.
Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at properties linked to Patro namely at 1) Flat No 22 &23, Surya Enclave, Suryanagar, Bhubaneswar 2) Market Complex at Balipadar, Buguda, Ganjam and 3) rented residential house at Flat No-2/14, Silicon Valley, Bolangir from DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No.16 dt.11.07.2024 U/s-7PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. The investigation is in progress against the accused.
Apart from the Rs 50,000 bribe amount, a further Rs 4,39,000 was found during a house search at a residence in Bolangir and seized.
