Jagatsinghpur: A team of Vigilance sleuths Wednesday arrested a sub-inspector of Sadar police station at Kandarpur area in Jagatsinghpur district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
The arrested police official was identified as Biswajit Gadnayak. The Vigilance team caught him red-handed while he was accepting the bribe from one Pritam Mohanty inside the police station.
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According to a Vigilance source, the police official demanded bribe for the mutual settlement of a case. Pritam informed the anti-corruption wing about it. The officials later laid a trap leading to Gadnayak’s arrest.
The entire bribe money was recovered from the possession of Gadnayak. A smear of chemical on both hands of the police official confirmed the acceptance of bribe after wash, an official said.
Later, the anti-corruption personnel arrested Gadnayak and initiated a probe in this connection. A case under PC (Amendment) Act has been registered against the police official.
PNN