Binjharpur: A sub-inspector (SI) of police was arrested today by a team of Odisha Vigilance sleuths for demanding and accepting a bribe at his government quarters inside the old PS campus in Binjharpur town in Jajpur district, today.

The cop was identified as Keshab Chandra Dash.

The SI was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant to provide him with a post-mortem report and help him to get an accidental claim for the death of his father. The fatal road mishap had occurred on May 20, 2024, an official source expressed.

The entire bribe money was recovered from the possession of Dash and later seized.

Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at three different locations associated with the SI of police from a disproportionate assets (DA) angle. The raids were underway till the time when this report was filed.

A Cuttack Vigilance PS case has been registered in this connection.