Puri: DGP Dr RP Sharma on Friday suspended Gop police station inspector-in-charge Soumyachit Mishra for accepting illegal gratification from a person.
Vigilance sleuths had arrested him for the same and forwarded him to the court on May 27.
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Sources said he had demanded Rs 3,000 in bribe from Siba Prasad Jena of Nairasasan village in order to settle a case. Later, Jena filed a complaint with the vigilance department, following which he was arrested.
During the period of suspension, Mishra will remain under the disciplinary control of inspector-general of police, Central Range, in Cuttack.
