BDO in Vigilance net for graft

Sundargarh: Vigilance officials arrested Prasant Kumar Rout, BDO of Bisra block of Sundargarh district, while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 1 lakh Tuesday.

Rout was produced in the Rourkela Vigilance Court. According to the Vigilance sources, the files of four projects of Jhirpani panchayat funded by the 14^th Finance Commission were pending at the block office. The BDO had held up the files and wanted Rs 1 lakh from panchayat executive officer Prashant Jena to clear the files.

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However, Jena had alerted the Vigilance. Following an instruction from Sambalpur Vigilance SP Swarup Parida, a special squad was formed. The team laid a trap and caught the BDO red-handed with chemical-laced notes given by the PEO.

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