Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance today arrested an Assistant Revenue Inspector (ARI) while taking bribe amount of Rs 51,000 at Chandanpur RI office in Puri district.

Pabitra Kumar Kandi, the ARI posted at Chandanpur RI Office under Puri Tahasil, was apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while demanding/accepting a bribe of Rs 51,000 from a complainant for submission of the inquiry report and facilitating conversion of agricultural land to homestead for issuance of RoR.

The Vigilance recovered the bribe money from the accused ARI and seized it.

A case has been registered against the tainted official under section 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018.