Bhubaneswar, May 17 -- The Odisha Vigilance on Sunday apprehended a junior engineer of the Rural Works Department in Nayagarh district along with his associate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.36 lakh from a contractor in exchange for clearing pending bills and facilitating the refund of security deposits.

The accused has been identified as , posted as Junior Engineer at Bhapur Rural Works Section in Nayagarh. His associate, identified as Ashutosh Baliarsingh, was also appreheKeshab Subudhinded during the vigilance trap operation.

According to Vigilance officials, the accused engineer had allegedly demanded the bribe from a contractor for clearing bills related to construction and maintenance works executed under the Mukhya Mantr...