Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance sleuths today apprehended a Section Officer working at the office of the Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhubaneswar while he was receiving a bribe.
The antigraft sleuths caught the accused officer Subhakanta Swain while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.8,000 from a complainant for processing the application of his brother and issuance of the contractor license.
Following the trap, the vigilance has launched simultaneous searches at three locations of the accused from a DA angle. Further, Rs.14990 has been recovered from his office drawer and Rs.5500 from his search so far.
Vigilance has registered a case against Sri Swain under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Amendment Act, 2018. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
