Malkangiri: Odisha vigilance department Tuesday arrested a junior engineer of a power distribution company while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a brick factory owner in Malkangiri district, an official statement said.
The vigilance officers seized the bribe money from the accused, it said.
A case has been registered against the two at the Koraput vigilance police station under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
A preliminary investigation suggested that the engineer promised electricity connection to the brick-manufacturing factory in lieu of money, the vigilance said in the statement.
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