By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: On Wednesday, information was received that one person had been to the office of Shri Aditya Goyal, IAS, Collector, Bargarh to meet him. During the visit, he offered him a flower bouquet and a sweet packet. Suspecting the packet, the Collector directed his peon to open the packet, in which four 500 rupees GC note bundles were found. So, the person was detained and vigilance authorities were informed.
On being informed, Vigilance team reached there and seized the packet containing cash of Rs 2 lakhs. The identity of the person was found to be Sri Rambhav Gattu, Chief Manufacturing Officer (East), Ambuja Cement, Chhattisgarh.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No. 23 dt.11.09.24 u/s 8/9/10 P.C. Act, 1988 as amended by PC Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered for attempting to induce a public servant. The accused has been arrested and is being forwarded to the court.