Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Kataka on Thursday sentenced a Revenue Inspector (RI) to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine after convicting him in a bribery case involving an encroachment case related to government land.
The convict, Prasanta Kumar Nayak, was serving as the RI of Salepur RI Circle under Salepur Tahasil in Kataka district. He was convicted by the Special Judge, Vigilance, Kataka, in a case registered under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Odisha Vigilance said in a statement.
According to the vigilance agency, Nayak had demanded and accepted a bribe from a complainant for continuation of an encroachment case concerning government land.
Following the conviction, Nayak was sent to jail custody to serve his sentence.
Odisha Vigilance said it would move the competent authority to initiate steps for his dismissal from government service in the wake of the conviction.
