Sambalpur: Odisha Vigilance sleuths arrested a Revenue Inspector in Sambalpur district on Tuesday for taking a bribe of Rs 10,000.
The accused has been identified as Manoj Kumar Mahananda, Revenue Inspector(RI), Daincha RI Circle under Naktideul Tahasil in Sambalpur district.
Mahananda has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from a Complainant to forward an enquiry report to Tahasildar in a Mutation Case for issuance of ROR ( Land Patta) in his favour. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the accused and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations in Mahananda from a DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No. 11 dt.17.06.2024 U/s 7 P. C. (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. The investigation is in progress against the accused.
Mahananda while working earlier as RI, Jamankira, Dist-Sambalpur was arrested and forwarded in a Trap Case by Odisha Vigilance vide Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No. 16 dt. 17.04.2022 u/s 7 P.C. (Amendment)Act, 2018. The chargesheet in this case has been submitted and the case is under trial in Vigilance Court.