Jajpur: On charges of accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 to extend favours in a land dispute case, Odisha Vigilance officials today apprehended an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police posted at Jajpur Town Police Station.

The accused, Nanda Kishore Das, had allegedly demanded ₹10,000 from a beetle shop owner who had approached the police after his neighbour reportedly demolished his boundary wall despite a High Court–ordered land demarcation. When the complainant expressed inability to pay, the ASI allegedly reduced the demand to ₹5,000 and warned him of consequences, if the bribe was not paid.

Left with no option, the shop owner approached the Vigilance Department. Acting on the complaint, a team of Odisha Vigilance laid a trap and apprehended the ASI while he was receiving the bribe a

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