Police Friday arrested a man and his brother-in-law for allegedly impersonating Odisha vigilance officials and extorting money from government officers by threatening them with dire consequences, an official said.

The accused have been identified as Ganesh Prasad Nanda and his brother-in-law Pradeep Kumar Panda, police said.

The arrest was made on the basis of a complaint filed by a senior OAS officer, who alleged that the duo had extorted Rs 4 lakh from him, they said.

Impersonating ‘Tripathy Babu’, an additional SP-rank Vigilance officer, Nanda informed the complainant that a disproportionate assets case had been registered against him, Rourkela SP Nitesh Wadhwani said.

Wadhwani said Nanda demanded Rs 8 lakh to “dispose of” the case but later agreed to settle the matter for Rs 4 lakh

See Full Page