By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: On Monday evening, , Ms.Debajani Kar, Junior clerk of office of Sub Registrar, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe amount of Rs. 20,000/- ( Rupees Twenty Thousand) from a complaint for execution of Registered Sale Deed (RSD) of subplot. The entire bribe amount has been recovered from possession of Ms.Kar and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Ms. Kar from DA angle.
Rs 12.8 lakh cash found during search of Sub Registrar Office following trap. Sr Officer from IGR Office, CTC has been requistioned to assist in verification as foul play suspected.
The plea of the staffers of the above said office in connection with recovery of such huge cash is being verified.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance PS Case No. 26/2024 U/s 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered against accused Jr. Clerk, Ms. Debajani Kar.