Bhubaneswar: Abhay Kumar Nayak, SI of Police, Sukinda Police Station in Jajpur district has been nabbed for allegedly taking bribe.
The Vigilance sleuths arrested the police officer while taking bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person to help him in a family dispute matter.
Earlier, the accused SI took Rs 1000 and asked the complaint to pay Rs 4000 further, threatening to entangle him in a criminal case otherwise.
Left with no option, the complaint reported the matter to the Vigilance Authority.
Accordingly, the Vigilance officials made the plan and trapped the SI while taking the demanded bribe money from complaint. The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of Nayak.
In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No.02/2025 U/s-7PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against Nayak.