Balangir, Feb 21: Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a Senior Revenue Asst. -cum-Record Keeper for demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
The accused who has been identified as Heblet Barla, Sr. Revenue Asst. -cum-Record Keeper of Muribahal Tahasil in Balangir was apprehended while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.10,000/ as 1st installment of the overall demand of Rs 20,000 from a Complainant for issuance of ROR (Land Patta) in his favour in a Mutation Case.
The complainant had been requesting accused Barla to process his mutation case for a long time, as the case had been registered in the year 2019. But, Sri Barla was refusing to do the work and demanding bribe of Rs.20,000 to do the same. Finding no other way, the complanat informed about his harassment by Barla before Vigilance Authority. Accordingly, Vigilance Officials made a plan and nabbed the accused Barla while accepting Rs.10,000 as 1st installment today from the complainant.
The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered and seized from the possession of Barla. Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Sri Barla from DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No.04 dt.20.02.2024 U/s 7 P. C. Act, 1988 as amended by P.C. Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against accused Barla, Revenue Assistant. Detailed report follows.
