Odisha Vigilance officials jump into pond to nab Police SI who attempted to evade arrest

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Sambalpur: Sujit Kumar Mohanta, the Sub-Inspector of Police of Mahulpali Police Station in Sambalpur district, has been nabbed by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 to finalize a miscellaneous case registered against the complainant at the PS of which he was the Investigating Officer (IO).

This evening, the Police SI called the complainant to a secluded place outside the Police Station. After receiving the bribe money, on seeing the vigilance team, he ran from the spot to evade arrest. The vigilance team chased him to effect his apprehension.

Seeing the vigilance team pursuing him, the SI jumped into a nearby pond to escape. However, a vigilance team member also jumped and swam into the pond and apprehended him.

The entire bribe money has been recovered from his possesion.

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Following the trap, his locations are being searched from Disproportionate Assets (DA) angle. During searches further, Rs 1,55,700 has been recovered from his rest room in the PS premises. He had joined Police Service in 2021 following direct recruitment as SI.

In this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No 21/2026 u/s 7 PC (Amendment) Act has been registered.

Further investigation is continuing.

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