Kendrapara: Garadpur Block AO Technology Manager Caught Taking Bribe
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Vigilance sleuths on Saturday caught Rajesh Kumar Senapati, Assistant Technology Manager, Agriculture Office of Garadapur block in Kendrapara district red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe Rs 2,000 from a supplier to handover the receipt challan of Paddy threshing machines and to process the bill for payment.
Cuttack, Dec 23: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday caught Rajesh Kumar Senapati, Assistant Technology Manager, Agriculture Office of Garadapur block in Kendrapara district red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe Rs 2,000 from a supplier to handover the receipt challan of Paddy threshing machines and to process the bill for payment.
The supplier, an MBA graduate, and a budding entrepreneur, had supplied the said machines as per a Government order received online. However, accused Senapati was harassing him, demanding a bribe to process his bill for payment. Senapati was allegedly harassing other suppliers, too, and collecting bribes for facilitating the release of bills.
Finding no other way, the supplier contacted Odisha Vigilance over Tollfree No-1064 and narrated about the harassment and illegal demand. Senapati was nabbed today by the Vigilance team while receiving the demanded bribe from the complainant.
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✨The entire bribe money has been recovered from the accused and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations belonging to Senapati from the DA angle.
A case has been registered and an investigation is in progress.
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