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Absconding Odisha ASI surrenders, vigilance gets 2-day remand
Akshaya Kumar Sethi, an Assistant Sub-Inspector at Nachuni Police Station in Odisha, surrendered before a court on Friday after nearly three weeks on the run. Odisha Vigilance then took him on a…
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Akshaya Kumar Sethi, an Assistant Sub-Inspector at Nachuni Police Station in Odisha, surrendered before a court on Friday after nearly three weeks on the run. Odisha Vigilance then took him on a two-day remand for questioning in a bribery case.
Vigilance officials allege Sethi demanded Rs 5,000 each from two parties in a land dispute to settle the case. A trap was laid on the night of July 10, but Sethi fled on a motorcycle before he could be caught. Searches have been conducted at multiple locations linked to him, and investigators are probing possible accomplices.
The Indian Opinion
This is not a tale of a mastermind but of a small-time bribe. The standard is to portray every vigilance trap as a scandal. The real test will be whether the interrogation unearths a wider network or stops at this Rs 5,000 demand. Can an ASI operate a bribery racket alone, or are colleagues looking the other way?
Source: odishatv.in
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