Puri: Vigilance has apprehended a junior engineer (JE) while taking bribe in Odisha’s Puri district on Tuesday evening.
Following a complaint filed by a contractor stating that Rajani Kanta Majhi, Junior Engineer in Delanga block of the district, was demanding bribe of Rs 30,000 for facilitating release of his final bill towards construction of an Anganwadi Centre, the Vigilance set a trap.
As per the plan, the contractor went to give the bribe to Majhi and the Vigilance sleuths caught him accepting the money read handed. The entire amount was recovered from the possession of the JE and seized.
Following the trap, the Vigilance has launched simultaneous searches on the properties of Majhi at two locations.
Bhubaneswar Vigilance has registered a case under PC Amendment Act, 2018 in this connection. Further investigation is in progress against Majhi.
Bhubaneswar: Veteran actor Jayiram Samal was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at a glittering function…
Ahmedabad: Imagine a ‘dead’ man walking into his own remembrance meet! Yes, that is exactly…
Bhubaneswar: A day after scripting history, the Odisha men’s hockey team returned home to a…
Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at ‘Shree Baikuntha Dham’ in Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar on Sunday amid…
Cuttack: Police have rescued a woman while she was reportedly trying to commit suicide from…
New Delhi: Worried about the growing financial divide between conventional and digital media, Union Information…
Bhubaneswar: The body of an unidentified youth was found near railway tracks in Odisha capital…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who is now on a four-day visit to Singapore,…