Bhubaneswar: The Executive Engineer of Tel irrigation division in Sonepur district was on Monday nabbed by Odisha Vigilance officials while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 46,000.
Jitendra Kumar Padhy, Executive Engineer (EE), has been apprehended for demand and acceptance of bribe from a contractor (complainant) in his office chamber, for clearing his pending bills.
The entire bribe money has been recovered from the possession of accused Padhy and seized, Vigilance said.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at 6 locations of Padhy from DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance has registered a case.