Ganjam: Odisha Vigilance on Friday apprehended the Junior Engineer (JE) Beguniapada block in Ganjam district while allegedly receiving Rs 7,000 bribe.
The JE has been identified as Sudhansu Sekhar Mallick.
The Vigilance team laid a trap and caught the JE while he was allegedly accepting the bribe from a beneficiary under ‘Mo Guhal Scheme’ for facilitating release of material cost towards construction of a cattle shed.
A case has been registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, and simultaneous searches have been launched at two locations to ascertain disproportionate assets.
