Rourkela, Aug 22: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday apprehended Ganesh Kalser, a technical assistant of Soil Testing Laboratory in Chief District Agriculture Officer (CDAO), Jharsuguda while demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
Acting on a tip off, Vigilance conducted a raid and caught Kalser red handed while accepting a bribe amount of Rs 50,000 from a contractula worker to process a file for facilitating continuance of his contractual job.
The entire bribe amount has been recovered and seized. Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Kalser from DA angle.
A case has been registered in this connection.