Bhubaneswar, Sept 12: An Asst. Section Officer (ASO) was held on Tuesday on the charges of accepting bribe from a beneficiary.
The accused has been identified as Soumya Ranjan Dash, ASO, Office of the Engineer In Chief, Water Resources Department, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
Dash has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs. 5000 from a complainant for processing his house building loan file for sanction of loan. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of Dash and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Dash from DA angle.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance PS Case no 23/2023 U/s-7PC Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against the accused, said a Vigilance official.
