Anugola: A Vigilance court in Anugola district today sentenced a retired Revenue Inspector (RI) to three years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him in a bribery case.

The Special Judge, Vigilance, Anugola, sentenced Hadibandhu Pattanayak, former RI of Kaniha circle, to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹10,000.

Pattanayak was chargesheeted by the Odisha Vigilance under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from an applicant in exchange for submitting favourable reports in mutation cases.

Following his conviction, Odisha Vigilance will move the competent authority for stoppage of the pension of retired RI Hadibandhu Pattanayak.