Odisha Vigilance arrests JE for Taking Rs50,000 bribe

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths apprehended a lady engineer on Wednesday for accepting bribe money of Rs. 50,000 from a contractor.

Vigilance sources said Sangeeta Mohapatra, a junior engineer of Khurdha Block, had been apprehended by the sleuths in her office while accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a contractor for passing final bills.

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The entire bribe amount has been recovered and seized from Sangeeta Mohapatra.

Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations in Mohapatra from a DA angle, Vigilance sources said.

A case under Section 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered against the lady engineer, and an investigation is in progress against her.

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