Odisha

Odisha Vigilance Nabs Executive Engineer While Taking Bribe From Contractor

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials on Monday apprehended Jitendra Kumar Padhy, Executive Engineer (EE) in Tel Irrigation Division in Sonepur for allegedly accepting Rs 46,000 bribe from a contractor.

Official sources said that the Executive Engineer was caught while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 46,000/- from the contractor in his office chamber for clearing his pending bills.

The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of accused Padhy and seized.

Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at six locations of Padhy from Disproportionate Assets angle.

In this connection, a case had been registered and investigation is in progress.

OB Bureau

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