Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday apprehended the District Education Officer (DEO) of Kendrapara while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a government employee for cancellation of his transfer order and modification of the same to another place as per the choice of the employee.
Based on a complaint of the employee, the Vigilance had laid a trap and caught DEO Sanjib Kumar Singh red-handed. The entire bribe money was recovered from his possession. Following the trap, simultaneous searches have been launched at four locations of Singh from a disproportionate assets angle.
