Woman RI Caught Taking Bribe In Sundargarh
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The Vigilance officials on Wednesday apprehended an In-charge Revenue Inspector (RI) of Tasaladihi under Tangarpali Tehsil in Odisha's Sundargarh district for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
Sundargarh, Nov 29: The Vigilance officials on Wednesday apprehended an In-charge Revenue Inspector (RI) of Tasaladihi under Tangarpali Tehsil in Odisha's Sundargarh district for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
The accused In-charge RI has been identified as Lily Choudhury.
Today, short while ago, Smt. Lily Choudhury, In-charge R.I.(Revenue Inspector), Tasaladihi, Tangarpali Tahasil, #Sundargarh has been apprehended by #Odisha #Vigilance while taking bribe Rs.5,000/- from a Complainant to submit enquiry report in his favour in a conversion case.
— Odisha Vigilance (@OdishaVigilance) November 29, 2023
According to Vigilance sources, the accused In-charge RI had demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant to submit an enquiry report for conversion of agricultural land to homestead land in his favour.
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✨However, the complainant approached the Vigilance Department and sought action against the accused official.
Based on the complaint, the vigilance officials laid a trap and held Lily Choudhury red-handed while she was accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from the complainant, said a vigilance official.
The entire bribe money was recovered from the accused and seized, he added.
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In this connection, a case has been registered against Lily Choudhury at Rourkela Vigilance police station under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. Further investigation was underway, the Vigilance official said.