A teacher and an Amin of Sambalpur district and a clerk of Kendrapada district on Monday were arrested by Vigilance sleuths in three bribery cases.
Santosh Kumar Naik, Assistant Teacher, Lindra Ashram School, deputed to the office of District Welfare Officer, Jharsuguda and working in Bill Section was arrested by the officers of Vigilance, Sambalpur Division for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 4,000. He was trapped while receiving the money from complainant Surya Narayan Satpathy, former teacher of Sarandamal village under Banaharpali police station in Jharsuguda for preparation and drawal of his revised pension and unutilized leave salary arrear bill.
Similarly, Prasana Kumar Parida, Amin, Planning Section, Sambalpur Municipal Corporation, was also arrested by for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs15,000. Based on complaint of Truptimayee Panda of Gopalmal, Ainthapali, that Parida demanded the money in order to submit verification report and process file for building plan approval in her favour, the Vigilance trapped the accused.
In the third case, the Vigilance police of Kendrapada led by its DSP Surendranath Raiguru arrested Senior Clerk (Nazir) of Mahakalapada tehsil office, Chandrasekhar Hansda for taking a bribe of Rs 1,000 from complainant Dillip Kumar Pattnaik of Alailo village under Mahakalapada police limits, for sanctioning a sum of Rs 35,000 under the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) to Patnaik for treatment.
