Joda Municipality Accountant caught Red Handed by Vigilance, Arrested

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KalingaTV News Network

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested an Accountant posted at the Municipality office of Joda in Keonjhar district while accepting bribe of Rs 4000 from a contractor.

The accused official, Bijay Kumar Rana, was caught red handed while accepting money from Saroj Sahu, a local contractor. He had demanded the illegal gratification in a pretext to pass a pending bill of a contract work worth Rs 4,95,000.

Based on the complaints of Sahu, the vigilance sleuths headed by DSP Debadatta Sethi, organised a trap to catch the accused red handed.

Later, the vigilance officials also conducted a raid at the official residence of Rana.

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