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Cuttack,5/11/2021 ( Odisha Samachar )- Today i.e. on 5.11.2021, Sri Pranaya Kumar Pattnaik, Head Clerk, office of Superintending Engineer, R & B Division-IV, Bhubaneswar has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance for demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe) of Rs.3,500/- (Rupees Three Thousand Five Hundred) from a complainant in order to clear his bill.
Based on the above complaint, a trap was laid on 5.11.2021 wherein the accused Sri Pranaya Kumar Pattnaik, Head Clerk was caught by the team of Odisha Vigilance in his office room while demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe) of Rs.3,500/- (Rupees Three Thousand Five Hundred) from complainant. The bribe money was recovered from the possession of Sri Pattnaik and seized in presence of witnesses. Both hands wash as well as pant pocket wash of Sri Pattnaik gave positive chemical reaction, confirming acceptance and handling of bribe money by him. Following the trap, simultaneous searches have been launched on the residential Govt. quarter and office room of Sri Pattnaik, Head Clerk at Bhubaneswar. He has been arrested and will be forwarded to the Court.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S. Case No.33 dated 5.11.2021 U/s 7 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered and is under investigation
