Bhubaneswar: A Revenue Inspector (RI) and an Amin were apprehended by Odisha Vigilance at Kesheibahal in Sambalpur district on Tuesday for alleged acceptance of bribe to make a field inquiry in a land matter.
The accused have been identified as Tulasa Padhan, RI and Mukesh Sahu, Amin of the same office at Kesheibahal.
Vigilance sources said the RI was nabbed along with the Amin has been apprehended for acceptance of bribe of Rs 7,000/- as final instalment of overall demand of Rs 10,000/- from a complainant to make a field enquiry in a land matter.
Earlier, complainant had paid Rs.3,000/- as per the demand of the accused but they were demanding Rs.7,000/- more to do the work. Finding no other way, the complainant complained before Vigilance about his harassment.
Accordingly, the Vigilance team nabbed both the accused persons, while Sahu was accepting the final instalment of bribe amount Rs.7,000/- from the complainant as per direction of RI Pradhan.
The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered and seized from the accused persons.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of each from DA angle.
In this connection, a case has been registered and investigation is in progress, the Vigilance said in a release.
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