Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday caught a senior Odisha bureaucrat while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Sarat Kumar Giri was working as LA (General) and was the competent authority for land acquisition in the collector’s office in Keonjhar.
Following the apprehension, simultaneous searches were underway at three places linked to Giri in connection with a probe into disproportionate assets.
The Balasore Vigilance police station has registered a case under Section 7 of PC (prevention of corruption) (Amendment) Act, 2018 against the accused.
