Berhampur: Odisha Vigilance apprehended Santosh Kumar Swain, sub-inspector in-charge of Bhejiput police outpost under Khalikote police limits in Odisha’s Ganjam district while allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 15,000.
The Vigilance team laid a trap and caught the sub-inspector red-handed while he was allegedly accepting the bribe money from the complainant to help him in a case registered against him earlier in the Khalikote police station.
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.