Bhubaneshwar, Sept. 23 -- The anti-graft wing of Odisha police today nabbed an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer while receiving Rs 20,000 bribe from a complainant in Kendrapara district.
Siba Mallick, OAS Tahsildar of Mahakalpada in Kendrapara district, was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting Rs 20,000 from a complainant for helping in the eviction of an illegal structure over government land obstructing the complainant's house passage.
The complainant had filed an encroachment case in 2024, following which the Revenue Inspector concerned submitted a report in April 2024 to Tahsildar Mallick, confirming forcible encroachment of government land by some miscreants blocking the common road.
Since then, t...