Jeypore: Vigilance apprehended an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 in Odisha’s Koraput district on Monday.
Following a complaint that Anil Kumar Nayak, working as ASI in Jeypore Town police station, was demanding the bribe to release his seized two-wheeler and its connected document, the Vigilance laid a trap.
As per the plan, the complainant went to give Rs 5,000 to the ASI and a private person, Md Nazrul. Vigilance sleuths nabbed Nayak and Nazrul accepting the money red-handed. They also recovered the entire bribe money from their possession and seized it.
Following the trap, the Vigilance carried out raid on Nayak’s house from DA angle.
Koraput Vigilance has registered a case under PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 in this connection. Further investigation is in progress against both the accused persons.
