IIC arrested by Odisha Vig for receiving bribe not to arrest accused

Biswajeet Swain Published On : May 16, 2017 at 10:52 AM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Balasore, May 16:

Inspector in-charge (IIC) of Baliapal police station in Balasore district was today arrested by Odisha Vigilance sleuths for allegedly receiving bribe of Rs 10,000 from an accused not arrest him.

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According to reports, the IIC, identified as Surendra Kumar Behuria, was accepting the bribe from Ganesh Chandra Mohapatra, an accused in a land dispute case case.

In the meantime, a Vigilance team led by DSP Sanjay Das Mohapatra caught Behuria red-handed.

Following his arrest, raids were conducted at his houses in Balasore and Binjharpur and government quarters in Baliapal, from where Rs 87,000 was found, informed the DSP.

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