Jagatsinghpur, Aug 28: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday apprehended Bibhudatta Sahu, Revenue Inspector (R.I) of Mallikapur, Balikuda Tahasil in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
Acting on a tip-off, Vigilance conducted a raid and caught Sahu red handed while receiving a bribe amount of Rs 5,000 from a complainant to submit enquiry report report in his favour in two mutation cases for issuance of ROR (Land Patta).
The entire bribe amount has been recovered and seized.
Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Sahu from DA angle.
In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No 23/2024 U/s-7PC (Amendment)Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against Sahu.