Junior Revenue Assistant Sourav Tripathy apprehended by Odisha Vigilance
Sourav Tripathy, the Junior Revenue Assistant (JRA) of Special Certificate Section at the office of Sub-Collector in Bhubaneswar has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe.
Bhubaneswar: Sourav Tripathy, the Junior Revenue Assistant (JRA) of Special Certificate Section at the office of Sub-Collector in Bhubaneswar has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe.
Tripathy was nabbed while taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a Complainant for processing the file in a Certificate Case pending since long.
Despite several requests made by complainant, Tripathy was demanding bribe Rs 30,000 to initiate the file. Finding no other way, the complainant reported the matter to Vigilance authorities.
Following this, a Vigilance team nabbed Tripathy today, while taking bribe Rs 30,000 from the complainant. The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered from the possession of accused Tripathy and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Tripathy from Disproportionate Assets (DA) angle.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S. Case No. 17 dtd. 24.07.2025 u/s 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against accused JRA.
Detailed report follows.
