Today i.e on 13.11.2025, a short while ago, Sri T. Bhenkatagiri Rao, Senior Clerk, RWS&S Division, Bhawanipatna Dist-Kalahandi has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance in his Govt. quarter at Bhawanipatana while demanding and taking bribe Rs.20,000/- from a retired staffer( Complainant) of the same office to process file for extending pensionary benefits in favour of complt. The complt had retired on 31.3.2024. Since then, he had been requesting accused Sri Rao to prepare his pension papers. Even after repeated requests by complt, accused Sri Rao was not processing the file, rather insisting complt to pay him the bribe Rs.20,000/-. Being aggrieved over the matter, complt reported the matter to vigilance authorities narrating his harassment by the accused Sri Rao.
Following this, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed Sri Rao today while taking the bribe money. On seeing the Vigilance team, Sri Rao tried to dispose off the bribe money Rs.20,000/- by throwing it away through the window of his quarter. However the alert Vigilance team nabbed Shri Rao and recovered the entire tainted bribe money Rs. 20,000/- and seized.
Following the successful trap, simultaneous searches are going on at three locations linked to Sri Rao from DA angle.
In this connection, Koraput Vigilance PS Case No 34 dt 12.11.2025 u/s 7 PC (Amendment) Act,2018 has been registered against Sri Rao, Sr. Clerk. Investigation is in progress.
SR.CLERK, RWS&S DIVISION, BHAWANIPATNA, DIST-KALAHANDI NABBED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE WHILE TAKING BRIBE RS 20,000/- FROM A RETIRED STAFFER FOR PROCESSING PENSION PAPERS.
