The Odisha Vigilance Department on Sunday caught an IAS officer allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a businessman, an official release said.
Raids are underway at his official residence, from where Rs 47 lakh cash has already been recovered, it said.
"The IAS officer, who is posted as sub-collector, Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district, has been caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a local businessman, as an instalment of the overall demand of Rs 20 lakh bribe...," the department said in the release.
The accused officer, in his mid-30s, "called the complainant to his official government residence at Dharamgarh, received the bribe amount... and kept the same inside his table drawer", it said.
The department has registered a case against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and investigation is continuing, the release added.
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