By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR:Today i.e on 06.11.2026, a short while ago, Miss Manisha Mishra, ORS, Sub-Registrar, Baliapal in Baleshwar has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs.7,000/- from a Vendee to allow registration of sale deed of land measuring area Ac.0.14 decimal recorded as Bajyapti Stithiban.
As per the provisions of the R&DM department, the above type of (kisam) land is to be treated as Stithiban and could be registered. However, in spite of repeated requests by the Vendee based on the guidelines issued by the R& DM department, accused Sub-Registrar Miss Mishra paid no attention to it. Instead, she demanded a bribe Rs.10,000/- from the Vendee (Complainant).
When the complainant expressed his inability to pay the demanded bribe, accused Miss Mishra reduced the bribe amount to Rs.7,000/-. Being aggrieved by the demanded bribe and unable to meet the demand, the complaint approached the vigilance authorities narrating his harassment by Miss Mishra, Sub-Registrar. On this, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed Miss Mishra while taking bribe Rs.7,000/- from the complaint today. The entire tainted bribe money Rs.7,000/- has been recovered from the possession of accused Sub-Registrar Miss Mishra and seized*.
