Two Revenue Inspectors In Vigilance Net In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials on Wednesday apprehended a Revenue Inspector in Ganjam district while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000. The accused was identified as Debasish Majhi, Revenue Inspector, K Barida RI Circle under Kodala tehsil.

Majhi was allegedly accepting the bribe from the owner of a vehicle to release his tipper. The vehicle owner had earlier paid Rs 30,000 as fine. However, the RI allegedly refused to release his tipper unless he paid Rs 25,000 more.

In a separate case, another Revenue Inspector identified as Gauranga Sabara, posted at Achutapur in Khurda district, was apprehended by Vigilance officials while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from a person in order to prepare papers of his parental property in his favour as legal heir.