Bhawanipatna: Odisha Vigilance today evening arrested Ramesh Chandra Pattnaik serving as Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police at Thuamul Rampur police station in Kalahandi district while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a complainant to facilitate him in an enquiry.
According to an official press note, based on a complaint, officials of the anti-corruption agency laid a trap today wherein the accused Pattnaik was caught in front of the Old Bus stand, Bhawanipatna while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from the complainant.
The entire bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused and seized in presence of witnesses.
Right hand wash as well as pant pocket wash of Pattnaik gave positive chemical reaction, confirming acceptance and handling of bribe money by him.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches have been launched on Pattnaik’s residential government quarter and office room at Thuamul Rampur and residential house at Ramsagarpada, Bhawanipatna.
A case under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered against Pattnaik at the Koraput Vigilance police station in this connection and is under investigation.
The accused will be forwarded to court, the press note said.
