Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials have apprehended three government officials for allegedly taking bribes.
These officials are an Amin in Bangomunda Tehsildar of Balangir, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Rajkanika police station in Kendrapada and an Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operator (ADEO) of Junagarh block in Kalahandi district.
The Vigilance officials nabbed accused Amin identified as Nirmalendu Kabi for allegedly taking Rs 15,000 from an applicant for preparation of sketch map and to process file for partition of their landed properties and issuance of new ROR.
As per the government rules, the applicant had applied for partition of their land before the competent authority. As per requirement of partition of land, sketch map is a must in respect of each shareholder. Accordingly, the applicant met the Amin and requested him to prepare sketch map as per requirement of partition.
However, Kabi demanded Rs 15,000 to prepare sketch map and all ancillary works required for partition of land and issuance of separate RORs. Unwilling to pay the demanded bribe, the applicant approached Vigilance authorities. Following this, a team of Vigilance nabbed Kabi while taking bribe of Rs 15,000 from the applicant. The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered from the possession of accused Kabi and seized. A case has been registered.
In Kalahandi, the (ADEO) of Junagarh block was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance officials for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a PMAY beneficiary. The accused, identified as Debendra Sahoo, had sought Rs 6,000/- from a beneficiary to process the file for sanction of a house in his favour under PMAY. For about one week, the beneficiary had been requesting the ADEO to process the file after his selection as a beneficiary. However, Sahoo demanded a bribe of Rs 6,000/- to process his file.
Similarly, ASI Prasanta Pradhan of Rajkanika police station was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from a man in connection with a land dispute case. The ASI was caught red-handed near the old Rajkanika police station building on Monday shortly after he received the bribe amount for allegedly furnishing a favourable enquiry report in a case pending before a competent court.