Bribe

Odisha: Cuttack Mines official caught taking Rs 30k bribe from coal vendor

24/02/202603/03/2026Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, February 24: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday apprehended Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle while demanding and taking bribe of Rs 30,000 from a licenced coal vendor in order to allow him to run his coal depot smoothly and grant permission to transport coal. Following the trap, simultaneous searches were being conducted at […]

Police Inspector arrested for taking Rs 40k bribe from liquor trader in Odisha

04/01/202605/01/2026Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, January 4: Vigilance sleuths on Sunday arrested Bijay Kumar Barik, Inspector in-charge (IIC) of CRRI police station in Cuttack, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a licenced liquor trader to allow him to operate his business without interference. He was caught red-handed at Raj Mahal Square here while receiving […]

Tax official lands in Vigilance net in Odisha’s Titilagarh

29/10/202530/10/2025Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar, October 29: Odisha vigilance on Tuesday apprehended Umakanta Mahakur, Assistant Commissioner of CT & GST, Titilagarh while allegedly demanding and taking bribe Rs 12,000 from a businessman to waive off penalty imposed on him for not payment of professional tax for three financial years. The incident reported at a time when Government and PSU […]

Police inspector who took Rs 3K bribe axed

31/05/201931/05/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Cuttack: Four days after he was arrested by Vigilance sleuths for taking bribe, Gop police station Inspector in-charge (IIC) Soumyachit Mishra on Friday was suspended from the service. Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma on Friday placed Mishra under suspension pending drawl of departmental proceeding against him. Mishra was caught red-handed by […]