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Cuttack,13/11/2021 ( Odisha SamachAR )_Today i.e. on 13.11.2021, Smt. Krushna Priya Mandal, Junior Engineer (JE), Deogaon Block, Dist-Bolangir has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance for demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe) of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) from a complainant (beneficiary) for clearing his pending bill towards construction of cow shed built under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
Based on the above complaint, a trap was laid on 13.11.2021 wherein the accused Smt. Krushna Priya Mandal, JE was caught by the team of Odisha Vigilance at her rented residential house at Bolangir while demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe) of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) from complainant. The bribe money was recovered from the possession of Smt. Mandal and seized in presence of witnesses. Wash of the surface of drawing table in her rented residential house gave positive chemical reaction, confirming acceptance and handling of bribe money by her. Following the trap, search has been launched on the rented residential house of Smt. Mandal at Bolangir town and office room at Deogaon Block, Dist-Bolangir. She has been arrested and will be forwarded to the Court.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance P.S. Case No.35 dated 12.11.2021 U/s 7 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered and is under investigation.
