Balangir: Odisha Vigilance today arrested Balangir Chief Civil Supplies Officer G. Prabhakara Patro on charges of receiving bribe.

The official was caught while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant for clearing his pending bills.

The Vigilance recovered the entire bribe money from the possession of the Civil Supplies Officer and seized it.

Earlier, the 'corrupt' official had demanded and received Rs 1.30 lakh from the complainant.

A case has been registered against Patro under section 7PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 for investigation.

Following the successful trap, the Vigilance conducted simultaneous searches at properties linked to Patro at Surya Enclave, Suryanagar in Bhubaneswar, Market Complex at Balipadar in Ganjam and rented residential house at Silicon Valley in Balangir to probe into DA angle.

Till the last report came in, the Vigilance sleuths unearthed Rs 4,39,000 (Four Lakh Thirty-nine Thousand) cash during a house search at his residence in Balangir.