Balangir, July 12: Odisha Vigilance on Friday apprehended the Chief Civil Supplies Officer (CCSO) of Odisha’s Bolangir district for demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
The accused has been identified as G. Prabhakara Patro. Acting on a tip-off, Vigilance conducted a raid and caught Patro red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.50,000 from a complainant for clearing his pending bills as well as in lieu of placement of new order.
The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of accused.
Earlier, Patro, had demanded and taken bribe of Rs.1, 30, 000 from the complainant few days back.
Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at properties linked to Patro in Bhubaneswar, Market Complex at Balipadar, Buguda, Ganjam and a rented residential house in Bolangir from DA angle.
