Today.a short while ago, Sri Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, Male Health Worker( MHW), Haladia CHC( Community Health Centre), Khordha has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking bribe Rs. 1,000/- from a Complainant for facilitating issuance of death certificates of his deceased parents*.The poor complt. had submitted the application to the Sub-Collector, Khordha, who had passed orders directing the Registrar, Birth & Death-cum-Medical Officer, Haladia CHC to issue the death certificates. However, the accused Sri Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, demanded bribe Rs. 1,000/- and refused to take up the matter unless the demanded bribe Rs 1,000/- was paid to him.Finding no other means, the poor complainant approached the vigilance authorities narrating his harassment by the accused Sri Sahoo. Upon receiving the information, a team of Odisha Vigilance nabbed, today, Sri Sahoo, while taking bribe money Rs.1,000/- from the complainant. *The entire tainted bribe money Rs.1,000/- has been recovered from the possession of accused Sri Sahoo and seized*. Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at two locations linked to Sri Sahoo from DA angle. In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S. Case No. 08 dated 20.05.2026 u/s 7 of the P.C. (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered.Investigation is in progress against the accused Sri Sahoo, MHW. Detailed report follows.
MALE HEALTH WORKER OF HALADIA CHC, KHORDHA NABBED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE WHILE TAKING BRIBE TO PROCESS FILE FOR ISSUANCE OF DEATH CERTIFICATES*
