Tag: Bribe

Cuttack: The State Vigilance today formed five teams to probe the sting operation aired on a news channel that showed four BJD MLAs asking for hefty bribes from an undercover person posing as an industrialist to help set up industries in their respective constituencies. Talking to media persons here, Vigilance Director RP Sharma said five […]

Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Haramohan Nayak, the inspector-in-charge (IIC) of Narasinghpur police station in Cuttack district, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from Cuttack Vigilance Constable Sushant Samal. Complainant Samal alleged that the IIC had demanded the bribe after he requested him to settle a land dispute lodged against himself. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, often accused of bending backward to keep servitors of Puri Jagannath temple in good humour, has landed in an embarrassing position after the revelation that it paid Rs 2 corresponding to the Daitapati servitors as ‘compensation’ for the loss suffered by them due to the ban on devotees climbing the chariots […]

Nayagarh: A joint team of Vigilance officials from Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Nayagarh zones today caught Binod Das, principal of Police Training School (PTS), red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000 from the in-charge ASI of the school. The principal was later arrested. Talking to media persons, Haramohan Pati, Vigilance DSP of Nayagarh […]

Boudh: Vigilance officials on Wednesday arrested Sankulei co-operative society president Antaryami Chaulia for allegedly demanding and receiving bribe of Rs 50,000 from a staff to revoke his suspension.

Keonjhar: Vigilance officials of Keonjhar district unit today arrested Dipak Kumar Sahu, executive engineer of Nesco, while he was accepting a bribe from a local contractor at his office in Joda.

Balangir/Baripada: Vigilance sleuths today conducted simultaneous raids on the office of Satya Narayan Panigrahi, Junior Engineer, Lift Irrigation, Tusara Irrigation Division in Balangir district, his residence, his in-laws’ house and houses of his two brothers at Patnagarh. The raids were conducted by five teams led by Abhiram Kar, DSP, Vigilance, Balangir. “Till now, we have […]

Nayagarh: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested senior clerk of Odagaon block office Bijay Kumar Giri while he was taking a bribe of Rs 500. According to sources, one Kashinath Prdhan had done a construction work worth Rs 1 lakh under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD). Giri had asked Pradhan to give […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance department will file a fresh case against Roads and Buildings (R&B) department assistant engineer Sanjeev Nanda for amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. Vigilance sleuths have found properties worth crores of rupees in the name of Nanda, who was arrested while taking a bribe. According to sources, the anti-corruption wing […]

Bhadark: The headmaster of a government high school in the district has allegedly demanded a bribe for initiating the process of rectifying the name of a student in his board certificate.

Puri/ Keonjhar: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Digapahandai Sub Jailor Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik while he was taking a bribe of Rs 10, 000. According to sources, the anti corruption wing nabbed Patnaik while he was taking the bribe from a contractor promising him to provide the contract of food supply to the jail. Besides, it […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has taken action against 258 persons for allegedly taking commission in the rural housing schemes, a Minister said on Tuesday. Replying to a written question of BJP MLA Dilip Ray, Panchayati Raj Minister Pradip Maharathy said punitive measures have been taken against 258 officials/non-officials for collecting “PC” or percentage commission in […]

Kolkata: This is one kiss which the recipient could have never expected. A policeman who stopped and hauled up a drunk woman for rash driving ended up being hugged and smooched, police said Thursday. The woman, in her late 30s, was driving her car while returning from a party around Wednesday-Thursday midnight in an allegedly […]

Bengaluru: AIADMK General Secretary and convict V.K. Sasikala Natarajan was on Wednesday accused of bribing Karnataka Director General of Prisons (DGP) Satyanarayana Rao and city central jail officials for undue favours. “Sasikala has given Rs 1 crore bribe to Rao and another Rs 1 crore was distributed among officials, including warden of the central jail where […]

Bhubaneswar: An income tax official in Odisha was arrested after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe from a petrol pump owner to not reopen an assessment matter, CBI officials here said today. Niranjan Behera was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Bhadrak yesterday night. Searches at his residence today led to Rs […]