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New Delhi, June 9
The Odisha Vigilance Directorate arrested an IAS officer of the state for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs. 10 lakhs from a businessman in Kalahandi district.
Identified as Dhiman Chakma, he is a 2021-batch officer currently posted as a sub-collector at Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district.
The officials said that Chakma allegedly accepted Rs 10 lakh as an instalment of a total demand of Rs 20 lakh from the businessman, who claimed he was threatened with action if he did not pay. The businessman subsequently lodged a complaint with the Vigilance Directorate.
The vigilance then raided its official residence and officials seized cash of Rs 47 lakhs.
He was an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj before he became an Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
