Nabarangapur: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested a Section Officer in Nabarangapur district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
The accused has been identified as Ranjit Kumar Sadangi, Section Officer, O/o. Block Education Officer(BEO), Papdahandi, Dist-Nabrangpur.
Sadangi was apprehended by the vigilance sleuths while demanding and taking a bribe at the BEO office, Papdahandi from a complainant ( Retired School Headmaster) in order to process the pension papers of the complainant which had been pending with Sadangi since the retirement of the complainant in the year 2011.
The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered and seized from the possession of the accused. Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations in Sadangi from a DA angle.
In this connection, Koraput Vigilance P.S Case No.26 Dt. 16.12.2024 U/s 7 P.C (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. The investigation is in progress against the accused.