IAS officer arrested for accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe

Anti-corruption vigilance sleuths on Monday arrested a senior IAS officer after he was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, official sources said here. The arrested bureaucrat was identified as Bijay Ketan Upadhaya, a 2009 batch IAS officer and working as the director of the Horticulture department here.

Vigilance sources said Upadhaya had demanded Rs 1 lakh from a person to get his bill passed. The anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police laid a trap and arrested the officer, they said. The information regarding the corruption was received as a part of the feedback mechanism of 'Mo Sarkar' (My Government) program of the state government.

Upadhayas office, his residence, and other places are being searched now, the sources said.