Jagatsinghpur, Jan 17: The Odisha vigilance sleuths have arrested a senior clerk for taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 in the Naugaon Tehsildar office in Jagatsinghpur district.

According to the sources, Pranakrushna Nayak, a senior clerk, was apprehended for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 for releasing a sand-loaded tripper.

Besides, the vigilance officials have launched simultaneous searches on the properties of Nayak at Ohala and his office in Jagatsinghpur district, said sources.