Jeypore , Oct 27: Vigilance officials arrested a peon of the Special Treasury Office in Jeypore for allegedly taking Rs 47,000 bribe from a widow to clear her husband’s pending pension arrears.

It added that the accused, Harischandra Mohapatra had initially demanded Rs 87,000 from the complainant to release Rs 3.48 lakh pension dues of her late husband.

About four days ago, the widow and her son-in-law had paid Rs 40,000 to the peon as the first installment. Later, Mohapatra demanded the remaining Rs 47,000 and threatened to withhold the pension money of September if she failed to pay immediately.

Left with no option, the victim reported the matter to Koraput Vigilance division & acting on the complaint, Vigilance officials laid a trap and caught Mohapatra red-handed while he was receiv

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