Odisha’s anti-corruption vigilance sleuths arrested an executive engineer of a power distribution company on charges of taking a bribe from a contractor for furnishing a final inspection report for the supply of electricity to install a transformer, an official statement said.

The accused official was identified as Tusharkant Ray, Executive Engineer (Quality), Circle-I, TPCODL, Bhubaneswar. He was caught red-handed by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an electrical contractor for giving a final inspection report in his favour for the supply of electricity to the transformer of an apartment building.

“Wednesday night, Ray was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking a bribe. For the last two months, the contractor had been requesting R

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