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Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday apprehended a junior assistant of Nicolson Forest Training School, Champua, in Keonjhar district while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a retired employee.

The accused, identified as Rupchand Nayak, Jr., Assistant in the office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), was caught red-handed while taking the bribe money for preparing the complainant's final pension papers and arrear salary bill.

According to vigilance officials, the complainant, a retired staffer of the training school, had been pursuing his pension-related documents since his voluntary retirement in 2024.

Despite repe...