Baripada: Odisha Vigilance on Friday apprehended the Tahsildar of Raruan and Amin of Bhanjakia under Raruan Tahasil in Mayurbhanj district while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
Tahsildar Satya Sundar Rout and Amin Kamal Lochan Patra had demanded Rs 40,000 from a complainant to issue RoR (patta) of his plot. The Rs 15,000 was an installment against the overall demand. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the Tahsildar.
Following the trap, Vigilance has launched simultaneous searches on properties of Routh at four locations and Patra at one location respectively from a disproportionate assets angle.
