Odisha Vigilance officials apprehended Kunja Bihari Rout, a Male Health Worker (MHW) cum Clerk at Muniguda Community Health Centre (CHC), for accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000—the second and final instalment of an overall Rs 6,000 demand—for issuing a birth certificate.
According to sources, Rout had earlier received Rs 3,000 from the complainant, a poor farmer, but continued to demand the remaining amount to process the certificate for the farmer’s son. Facing persistent harassment, the complainant approached Vigilance authorities, leading to a trap laid at Rout’s office.
The Vigilance team caught Rout red-handed while accepting the remaining Rs 3,000. The entire tainted amount was recovered from his possession and seized. Simultaneous searches are underway at two of Rout’s premises to investigate disproportionate assets (DA).
A case has been registered under Koraput Vigilance PS Case No. 27/2025, U/s 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. Further investigation is in progress.
