Cop held taking bribe at mall in Odisha capital

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Oct 1, 2019 at 8:41 AM Updated On : Oct 1, 2019 at 8:50 AM

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officers yesterday arrested a police official for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 10,000 from a person at a mall near Vani Vihar in Bhubaneswar.

The accused has been identified as Debendra Kumar Sahoo, SI of Balakati police outpost in Khordha district.

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According to reports, the SI had demanded the amount from one Ramakanta Sahoo, a scrap dealer of Rathijema in Balakati area, for releasing a pickup van of the latter which was seized by police few days ago and kept at the outpost.

Acting on the complaint of Ramakanta, the anti-corruption agency sleuths laid a trap and caught the cop red-handed while he was receiving the money from Ramakanta at the mall.

Following the arrest, his parental house in Jajpur, government quarter at Unit-9 here and a rented house near the police outpost were raided by three Vigilance teams.