Bhawanipatna: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested a police officer for allegedly accepting illegal gratification of Rs 3
,000.
,000.
The accused has been identified as Gaya Kumar Senapati, an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Karlamunda police outpost in Kalahandi district.
According to vigilance sources, a trap was laid after receiving a complaint that Senapati had demanded Rs 3,000 bribe from Krushna Chandra Nayak of Karlamunda village, to let him off in a case pertaining to a clash that had taken place at M. Rampur area in the district.
The officer was caught red-handed by the anti-corruption officials while accepting the bribe money from Nayak, the sources added.