Sambalpur, Dec 15: Odisha Vigilance on Friday apprehended an Asst, Fisheries Officer while demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant.
The accused has been identified as Snehalata Mohanty, Asst. Fisheries Officer (AFO) in Naktideul under Sambalpur district.
Vigilance caught Mohanty red-handed while receiving a bribe amount of Rs 20,000 in the form of an unnamed signed Bank Cheque from a SHG (Self Help Group) for facilitating release of the subsidy amount in their favour in the Scheme "Carp Grow-out in GP Tanks by WSHGS".
The tainted Bank Cheque and connected documents have been seized from the possession of Mohanty and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations of Mohanty from a DA angle.
