Bhubaneswar: An Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in Bolangir district was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while accepting the bribe.
Sujeet Kumar Padhy, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE), Patnagarh RW Sub-division of Bolangir district was nabbed by the Vigilance sleuths while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.50,000 as final instalment of the overall demand of Rs 1 Lakh from a contractor for facilitating release of his final bill towards a government construction project executed by him .
The AEE had demanded Rs 1 Lakh bribe and was not clearing the bills despite completion of the project. Finding no other alternative, the contractor paid Rs 50,000 in two instalments few days back and requested for clearance of bills. However, Padhy demanded the rest amount of bribe of Rs.50,000.
The contractor reported about the demand and harassment to Vigilance Authority, following which Padhy, AEE, was nabbed today while accepting the last instalment of bribe of Rs. 50,000 from the complaint. The bribe money has been recovered from the accused AEE and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at three locations of the AEE from DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No. 17 dt.23.07.2024 U/s 7 P. C. (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against accused AEE.