Bhubaneswar: Pushpalata Paikaray, the ASI of Balipatana Police Station, who was arrested by the Odisha Vigilance Department yesterday for taking bribe, has been suspended from her duties.
Bhubaneswar DCP has suspended Pushpalata. She was arrested on Wednesday while taking a bribe of Rs 5000 from a person for adding stringent penal sections and charge sheeting a case.
The Vigilance had also recovered the bribe amount from her. The Odisha Vigilance had carried out a raid at her government quarter situated at Reserve Police Colony, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar.