Bhubaneswar, Feb. 23 -- Nabarangpur: The tall claims of Odisha government on Mo Sarkar and call for transparency and no-corruption seem to have gone up in smoke in departments like road and transport where a few months ago, the government took a no-tolerance approach in crushing thousands of middlemen and agents on charges of looting people. A viral video of an RTO accepting to return bribe money taken from a job aspirant to provide him permanent employment is a glaring example of the situation.

As per reports, Nabarangpur RTO Ganeswar Kanhar had allegedly taken around Rs 45,000 in two instalments from a job aspirant, Akash Harijan of Badkumuli village with assurances to provide him permanent job, however the official reportedly did not ...