Mines Deputy Director caught taking ₹2 lakh bribe in Odisha vigilance trap

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance caught Satyajit Raut, Deputy Director of the Mines and Geology Department, Jeypore, while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a leaseholder on Tuesday night.

Vigilance officials seized a bribe amount of Rs 2 lakh from the accused, and during searches at his house, Rs 2,90,000 in cash was recovered.

With this, a total of Rs 4,90,000 has been seized.

Satyajit Raut, the deputy director, had demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a leaseholder for extending his lease and, further, to issue a notification of further auctions.

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Based on the complaint, a vigilance trap was set up, and the accused was nabbed while accepting the bribe.

According to reports, three places linked to him were searched by the non-income-generating asset section, and Rs 2,90,000 was recovered from his residential house in Rayagada.

In this connection, a case has been registered at Koraput Vigilance Police Station under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, and a further investigation is underway.

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