Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths apprehended Gramarakhi of Junagarh in Kalahandi, Sreemukha Bag, while allegedly accepting Rs 3,500 bribe late on Thursday.
He allegedly collected the amount on the instruction of Junagarh police station ASI Mukunda Khemundu from a complainant to help him in a case registered against him. While Rs 3000 was for the ASI, the remaining Rs 500 was his commission, an official release said.
The entire bribe money was recovered from Bag and seized.
The ASI, however, managed to escape on seeing the Vigilance team and efforts are on to nab him.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches were conducted at two locations linked to Khemundu to ascertain whether he has accumulated assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
