DA case: CDPO & ICDS WORKER NABBED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE

Rayagada (Badal Tah): On last Friday Sakuntala Das, CDPO, Dasamantpur Block, Dist-Koraput was apprehended by Odisha Vigilance along with Minati Khosla, Anganwadi Worker of Adhamunda Anganwadi Centre, for demanding and taking bribe Rs.10,000/- from a newly appointed Anganwadi Helper in order to open her personal file and release her salary. The Anganwadi Helper had joined one and half months back in an Anganwadi Centre under Dashmantpur Block and requested CDPO Das to release her salary. But Das demanded bribe Rs.10,000/- to open her personal file and for release of her salary and asked her to pay the amount to her associate Minati Khosla working as Anganwadi Worker in the same Block. Finding no other means, complainant approached the Vigilance authorities, following which Das was nabbed on the spot while taking bribe Rs.10,000/- through Anganwadi Worker Minati Khosla in the office of CDPO.

The entire bribe money was recovered from them and seized. Following the trap, simultaneous searches went on at three locations linked to Das and one location of Khosla, Anganwadi Worker from Disproportionate Assets(DA) angle.

In this connection, Koraput Vigilance P.S Case No 18/2025 U/s-7 of IPC Amendment Act, 2018 was registered. Investigation is in progress against the said two accused persons.