By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR:Today i.e on 30.03.2026, a short while ago, Sri Saroj Kumar Sahoo, Senior Assistant, office of Sub-Treasury Officer, Khandapada, Dist-Nayagarh, has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe Rs. 3,000/- from a pensioner for facilitating credit of pensionary benefits in his favour.
The accused Sri Sahoo, Sr. Assistant demanded bribe Rs. 3,000/- from the pensioner for the above purpose, and asked him unless he( Sri Sahoo) was paid the demanded bribe, he would block the passing of bills.
Being aggrieved by the demanded bribe, the pensioner approached the vigilance authorities narrating harassment by the accused Sri Sahoo, Sr. Assistant. Following this, today, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed Sri Sahoo, Sr.Assistant, while taking bribe Rs 3,000/- from the pensioner. *The entire bribe money Rs.3,000/- has been recovered from the possession of the accused Sri Sahoo and seized*.
