Bhubaneswar: An assistant engineer in the lift irrigation department was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday for allegedly accepting a brine of Rs 5,000 to give a feasibility report for digging a borewell in Mayurbhanj district.
The accused, identified as Gora S
ingh, is an assistant engineer in Muruda section under Lift Irrigation Division, Baripada.
He was apprehended by Vigilance while demanding and accepting Rs 5000/- from a complainant for processing and submission of feasibility report for digging a borewell on the land of his father, a beneficiary under BKVY (Biju Krushak Vikas Yojana).
The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of the accused and seized, Vigilance said in a release.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at three locations of Singh in Mayurbhanj district.
In this connection, Balasore Vigilance has registered a case and investigation is in progress against the accused.