Cuttack: Former Sub-Divisional Small Savings Officer Convicted in Bribery Case

Cuttack: Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo, retired Sub-Divisional Small Savings Officer, Office of the Collectorate, Cuttack, was convicted today by Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, in a bribery case.

Sahoo, charged under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) and 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was found guilty of demanding and accepting a bribe for issuing a postal agency license.

The court sentenced Sahoo to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine.

Following the conviction, Odisha Vigilance announced plans to request the competent authority to stop Sahoo’s pension.

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