Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested an accountant cum supporting staff (contractual) of office of Block Education Officer of Saintala under Balangir district while demanding and receiving bribe from a complainant.
The accountant has been identified as Ajaya Khuntia.
Acting on a tip-off, vigilance conducted raid and apprehended Khuntia while demanding and accepting bribe Rs.18,000 from a Complainant (an Assistant Teacher ) for processing file of NPS ( National Pension Scheme) work and release of pending arrear DA (Dearness Allowance, recently released by the Govt. ) in favour of him and other teachers.
The entire bribe money has been recovered from accused Sri Khuntia and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Khuntia from a DA angle.
In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance P.S. Case No.22 dt.24.08.2023 U/s.7 P.C. (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. Further investigation is in progress.
