Engineer arrested by Odisha vigilance

A junior engineer was arrested by Odisha's anti-corruption vigilance wing today for allegedly taking Rs 7,000 as bribe from a man to take measurement of a construction work at Puri and prepare the bill.
Vigilance sleuths laid a trap and caught Amiya Kumar Panda, JE in Sadar Block at Puri, red handed while demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 7,000 from the Complainant, vigilance department sources said.
Complainant Ranjit Lenka had been given work order for construction of an 'akhada' at Lokanath Road in Puri and Rs two lakh was sanctioned under MLA Local Area Development fund during 2016-17.

The work file was received by the JE on May 26, 2017 for supervision of the work. On May 30, 2017, as per the instruction of the JE, the complainant started the work and spent around Rs 25,000 towards the construction.
Thereafter, he requested JE Panda to take measurement of the work and to prepare the bill. But, Panda demanded Rs 10,000 and later reduced the amount to Rs 7,000, they said.
Finding no other alternative, Lenka reported the matter to SP, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar Division.
Accordingly, a trap was laid today and Lenka met the accused JE in his office room at Sadar Block office, Puri and handed over the bribe money of Rs 7,000. The bribe money has been recovered and and Panda arrested, sources said.

His parental house in Bhubaneswar and father-in-law's house at Puri are being searched.