Odisha Vigilance apprehends BDA amin for accepting bribe in State Capital

Suranjan Mishra Published On : Dec 11, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Bhubaneswar: A team of Odisha Vigilance sleuths today apprehended an amin identified as Sarbeswar Mohanty, who is presently working in Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) here, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

The amin was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a complainant to furnish a favorable report to facilitate the sale of his house which was earlier approved by BDA. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the accused Mohanty and seized.

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Following the trap, simultaneous searches are underway at two different locations associated with amin Mohanty from a disproportionate assets (DA) angle.

In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance PS case (No-34/2023, U/s-7 of the PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. An investigation is in progress against the accused Mohanty.

It is pertinent to mention, Vigilance previously caught a woman revenue inspector (RI) red-handed on November 29, while she was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. The RI was identified as Lily Choudhuri working in Tasaladihi under Tangarpali tehsil limits of Sundargarh district.