Keonjhar: A Revenue Inspector (RI) was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance sleuths for allegedly taking Rs 20,000 bribe from a man for land mutation in Keonjhar district on Saturday.
The accused has been identified as Meer Muhammad Khan, Revenue Inspector of Bileipada under Barbil tahasil in Keonjhar district. He has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 20,000 from a complainant to submit verification report in a mutation case and for issuance of ROR (Land Patta) in favour of the complainant.
Based on a complaint, a trap was laid by vigilance officials and Khan was caught while accepting the bribe money from the complainant. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of Khan and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on three locations of Khan from Disproportionate Assets angle.
In this connection, the Balasore vigilance registered a case under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Amendment Act, 2018. Investigation is in progress against the accused RI.
