Puri: Vigilance sleuths of Bhubaneswar division arrested Nimapara assistant horticulture officer (AHO) Ramakanta Parida on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 Wednesday evening.
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According to the Vigilance sources, the officer demanded bribe from Jharana Samantray of village Bakugram under Balanga police limits in Puri district for furnishing a field verification report.
However, the woman was to get a subsidy under the Mission for Integrated Development for Horticulture (MIDH) scheme.
Acting on a complaint lodged by Samantray in this regard, the anti-corruption agency laid a trap. The officer was caught red-handed by the Vigilance team while accepting a bribe at his office room.
Notably, a residential house of Parida at Mukundaprasad area in Khurda district was searched by the officials. A case in this connection under Section 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 was registered and a detailed probe is underway, an official of the team said.
PNN
