Kendrapada: : Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Prasanta Pradhan, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Rajkanika police station in Kendrapada district, while demanding and taking bribe of Rs 2,000 from a woman complainant to furnish favorable report in a land dispute case filed before the competent court of which he was the inquiring officer.The complainant, Lilina Barik of Mangalpur village, had a joint landed property with the opposite party. But without consent of the complainant, the opposite party was starting construction work over the jointly landed property. Following this, the complainant filed a case before the competent court to stop constructions. The competent authority had instructed IIC of Rajkanika police station to submit the report within three days and the IIC entrusted Pradhan to inquire into the matter and submit the report within the stipulated date.Based on the court’s orders, the complainant, Lilina Barik, approached the ASI to furnish the report. But, Pradhan asked her for the bribe. Being aggrieved, she approached the vigilance authorities.The entire money was seized from Pradhan in the presence of witnesses. Following the trap, simultaneous searches have been conducted on the residential house of Pradhan at his village Deulaput and other places.
