Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- The designated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court Bhubaneswar found a former assistant superintendent of post offices in Odisha's Baripada Central Sub Division guilty of bribery charges and sentenced him to four-year rigorous imprisonment.
The convict, Radha Krushna Sahoo, against whom a bribery case was registered in 2012, was also slapped with a fine of Rs. one lakh, CBI said in a statement.
The premier investigating agency registered the case on 4 February 2014 after it was alleged that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from the complainant to take initiatives for his joining as Gramin Dak Sevak in Debsole branch post office in Mayurbhanj district.
The accused dilly dallied and did not take a...