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Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday apprehended Suryakanta Swain, an accountant at the Block Education Office (BEO), Kujanga in Jagatsinghpur while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a government school teacher.
According to official sources, the teacher had earlier been sanctioned a house building advance of Rs 1.5 lakh by the competent government authority. However, despite the sanction, Swain allegedly delayed the bill processing without any valid reason and instead demanded Rs 5,000 as a bribe for preparing and forwarding the bill.
Finding no alternative, the complainant approached the Vigilance Department with a formal co...