BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested an Additional Tehsildar after he was caught red-handed while receiving a bribe from a lessee for favourable demarcation of his lease land.
The accused Odisha Revenue Services official was identified as Pradipta Kumar Sethi, ORS, Additional Tahasildar-cum-In-Charge Tehsildar of Binjharpur Tahasil in Jajpur district.
According to vigilance sources, the High Court of Orissa had ordered the then Tehsildar, Binjharpur, in a writ petition filed by the lessee in 2021 to demarcate the land. Since then, the lessee had been requesting the Tehsildar to demarcate his land.