District social security officer arrested in Odisha for receiving bribe through digital payment app

The Vigilance wing of the Odisha Police on Thursday arrested a district social security officer (DSSO) on the charge of receiving monetary gratification from a non-government organization functionary through digital payment App.

Biplab Keshari Samantray, DSSO, Keonjhar has been arrested for demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an NGO through digital mode.

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Allegations against Samantaray have been pouring in from different quarters regarding collection of bribe from NGOs and individuals in connection with the execution of agreement, release of grant in aid payments/bills to NGOs under Social Security Schemes of the Government, the vigilance said in a statement

The accused is also suspected of taking bribes from different NGOs and Individuals through his digital payment app account and that of his family members, relatives and office staffers.

During preliminary scrutiny, a large number of digital transactions of receipt of money from different NGOs and Individuals have been found which are under verification.

During Disproportionate Asset searches, details of 10 plots in and around Bhubaneswar in the name of Samantaray and family members have been ascertained and are being verified. Besides, a three-storey building with an area of approximately 3000 square feet in Bhubaneswar, a simplex house in Madanpur, Bhubaneswar and a farmhouse spread over three acres in Madanpur, Bhubaneswar have also been unearthed, said the Vigilance adding that further details of investigation are awaited.