Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday apprehended a Junior Electrical Engineer in Rayagada district while demanding and taking Rs 10,000 as a bribe from a person.
The accused junior engineer has been identified as Jitendra Pattnaik of Padmapur Section, Rayagada district.
Pattnaik was caught by the Vigilance sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from the complainant in order to restore the disrupted electric supply to his Lift Irrigation point.
In this connection, Koraput Vigilance PS Case (25/22) has been registered against the engineer and the investigation in this regard is in progress, the Vigilance added.
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