Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday apprehended a Junior Engineer (JE) of Delang Block in Puri district while taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor to facilitate a pending bill.
According to Vigilance, J.E Rajani Kanta Majhi of Delang block in Puri was apprehended while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a Contractor for facilitating the release of the final bill towards the construction of Anganwadi Centre.
The entire bribe money has been recovered from accused JE Majhi and seized. Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of JE Majhi, the Vigilance said.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance PS Case no 18/2023 U/s-7PC Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered. An investigation is in progress against accused JE Majhi, the Vigilance added.
