Nayagarh: A sub-inspector of Odisha Police was arrested by vigilance sleuths on the charge of taking Rs 4,000 as a bribe for registering a case, an official release said Wednesday.
The accused officer, identified as Rajesh Kumar Srichandan, was posted at Sarankul police station in Nayagarh district.
Acting on a complaint, a trap was laid and the accused policeman was nabbed by the Vigilance team in front of Sarankul police station Tuesday.
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The entire bribe money was recovered from the possession of Srichandan and seized in presence of witnesses, it said.
He was forwarded to the court after demanding and accepting a bribe, the release said.
Later, simultaneous searches were conducted on the residential house of Srichandan at Bhubaneswar and his office room. A case was registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
Srichandan entered into the government service as SI of police in 2017 and was posted in various police stations in Nayagarh district.
PTI
