By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR:Today i.e., on 29.03.2026, a short while ago, Sri Rajaram Bandra, R.I.( Revenue Inspector), Mangarajpur under Tangi- Choudwar Tahasil, Dist- Cuttack has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking bribe Rs.30,000/- from a land owner for submitting favourable report in a mutation case filed by him for conversion of his PATITA land to HOMESTEAD land*.
The land owner had applied online for this purpose on 10.03.2026 as per R&DM Department guideline. But, accused RI Sri Bandra contacted the land owner and asked him to come to RI office on 29.03.2026 with demanded bribe amount Rs.30,000/-. Sri Bandra also threatened the land owner, unless he was paid the demanded bribe Rs 30,000/-, he won’t furnish favourable report in mutation case filed by him.
This irked the land owner, and finding no other way, he alerted the vigilance authorities. Following this, today, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed Sri Bandra, RI in his office, while taking bribe Rs.30,000/- from the land owner. *The entire tainted bribe money Rs.30,000/- has been recovered from the possession of accused Sri Bandra, RI, and seized*.
