Angul: RI under Athmallik Tahasil nabbed by Odisha Vigilance
Angul: Today i.e on 08.01.2026, a short while ago, Surendra Kumar Dash, RI (Revenue Inspector),Tusar RI Circle under Athamallik Tahasil, Dist-Angul has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance. He was nabbed while demanding and taking 2nd and final instalment of bribe Rs.6,000 of overall demand of bribe Rs 10,000 from a land owner inside the campus of RI office, Kiakata, Dist-Angul for demarcation of his plots.
The land owner had applied for the demarcation of his plots on 24.11.2025. On 05.01.2026 when he went to meet the accused RI Dash and enquired about the matter, Dash, RI demanded bribe of Rs.10,000 to initiate his application to pass orders for demarcation of his plots and received Rs.2,000 as 1st installment from him on the same day. He asked to pay the rest amount Rs.8,000/- on 08.01.2026.
When the land owner expressed his inability to pay the rest amount of bribe Rs.8,000/-, Dash reduced the amount to Rs.6,000/- on negotiation.
Being aggrieved over the matter, the land owner reported the matter to Vigilance authorities narrating harassment by the accused RI Dash.
Following this, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed Dash, RI, today while taking rest amount of bribe Rs.6,000 from the land owner. Seeing the Vigilance team, he threw away the bribe amount Rs.6,000 through the windows of the rest room inside the campus of RI office, Kiakata. The entire tainted bribe money Rs.6,000 has been recovered from the possession of accused Dash, RI and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at three locations of Dash, RI from DA angle.
In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No- 01 dt. 08.01.2026 U/s- 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered against the accused Dash, RI.
Detailed report follows.
