Bhubaneswar: Head Clerk of Block Education Officer, Kalampur in Kalahandi district has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance on Friday while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 from a retired Headmaster in order to process and help release retirement benefits in his favour.
After receiving a complaint by the retired Headmaster, the Vigilance had laid a trap and caught Head Clerk Judhistir Harijan with the said amount. The entire bribe money has been recovered and seized from exclusive possession of Harijan.
Following the trap, the residential house of Harijan at Mathura under Junagarh block of Kalahandi and his office room at Kalampur are being searched from the disproportionate angle.