CBI court convicts Odisha banker in graft case

Bhubaneswar: The Special CBI Court in Bhubaneswar convicted a banker in a graft case today.

Duryodhan Sethy, Branch Manager at Odisha Gramya Bank, Dadaraghati Branch, Dhenkanal, was convicted and sentenced to 4 years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case.

The CBI had registered a case on August 8, 2016 against the banker on allegations of demanding a bribe from the complainant for processing a poultry loan proposal for Rs 4.25 lakh in favour of his wife.

On August 9, 2016, the CBI caught the accused while accepting Rs 5,000 as the bribe amount from the complainant. The chargesheet was filed on October 27, 2016.