The Vigilance wing of the Odisha Police on Wednesday caught an excise superintendent and excise assistant sub inspector receiving Rs 40,000 bribe from a licensed liquor vendor red handed, said officials.
The arrests come amid a major security alert along the 1,751 km Indo-Nepal border after thousands of inmates reportedly broke out from 18 jails in Nepal over the past few days during the violence in the Himalayan country.
A cobra entered the media centre built at Kali Marg in Mahakumbh, causing panic and chaos on Friday.
The fishermen, who hailed from a coastal hamlet in the close vicinity of Paradip port town, later handed over the bird to the officials of Paradip marine police station.
A 46-year-old prisoner, who had escaped from Kanda central jail in Shimla six days ago, was on Saturday apprehended at…
