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A railway parcel clerk at Rourkela station was caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 7,200 on Thursday evening. The accused, identified as Rajeev Ranjan Yadav, was reportedly demanding a bribe from a customer for processing the parceling of a generator.

Sources said that the official had already collected around Rs 13,000 for the consignment but further sought illicit payment to clear the paperwork.

Acting on a complaint, a CBI team laid a trap and apprehended Yadav at the station premises while he was receiving the bribe. He was immediately taken into cust...