Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested an Asst. Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police, Balipatna PS in Khurdha district for allegedly taking bribe.
The ASI has been identified as Puspalata Paikaray.
The cop has been apprehended by the vigilance sleuths while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 5000 from the complaint of a case registered in 2020 at the PS, in which Paikray is the Investigating Officer.
The demand was for adding stringent penal sections and chargesheeting the case.
The bribe amount of Rs 5000 has been recovered from Paikaray and has been seized.
In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance PS Case no 23/ 2022 u/s 7PC Amendment Act.2018 has been registered.
Investigation is in progress against the accused ASI.
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