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Female Junior Clerk Of College In Odisha Caught Taking Rs 10K Bribe

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Friday apprehended junior clerk of Deogarh College, Manjula Pradhan, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. 

According to an official release, she had demanded the illegal gratification to issue fresh original Plus II certificates to a former student of the college, whose original certificates were damaged.

The entire bribe money was recovered from her and seized.

Following the trap, simultaneous searches are on at 2 locations linked to Pradhan to ascertain whether she has accumulated assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.

A case has also be registered against her under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption (amendment) Act, 2018, and further investigation is underway, it added.

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