Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP has suspended Alok Kumar Behera, inspector in-charge (IIC) of Sindhekela police station in Balangir district, who was earlier arrested on charges of accepting Rs 25,000 bribe from an accused to show him leniency in a case.
“Duirng suspension, he will remain under the disciplinary control of Balanagir SP,” the official notice said.
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According to sources, Behera had threatened to drag the accused’s wife also in the case and demanded a bribe to spare her.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches were launched at his residence in Balangir and his parent’s house in Cuttack to know whether he had amassed disproportionate assets.
