*AKSHAYA KUMAR SETHY, ASI OF NACHUNI POLICE STATION, KHORDHA BOOKED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE FOR DEMANDING AND TAKING BRIBE TO COMPROMISE A LAND DISPUTE. ASI ESCAPES WITH BRIBE MONEY SEEING VIGILANCE TEAM*. On 10.07.2025 late night, *Akshaya Kumar Sethy, ASI of Nachuni Police Station, Khordha was booked by Odisha Vigilance for demanding and taking bribe of Rs 5,000/- to close a case registered at the PS over a land dispute which was compromised later by the two parties*. On 05.07.2026, the complainant had registered a case in the said PS against the opposite party in a land dispute matter. At the same time, the opposite party had also registered a case against the complt. *Sri Sethy, ASI was the Investigating Officer of the cases*. However, on the same day in the evening, a compromise was made by both parties involved in the cases. *After the compromise, ASI Sri Sethy demanded bribe Rs.10,000/- ( Rs.5,000/- from each party) for finalising the cases at PS Level*. As the complt had to return to his workplace outside Odisha, he requested the ASI for quick disposal of his case. On this, ASI Sethy instructed him to bring an affidavit along with demanded bribe Rs.5,000/- on 10.07.2026, after which he would do the needful. *Aggrieved by the demanded bribe, the complt approached the Vigilance authorities*. Upon receiving the information, *a team of Odisha Vigilance swung into action and kept vigil on the ASI from a distance while he was taking the demanded bribe money*. However, after taking the bribe, on seeing the approaching Vigilance team, the ASI escaped from the spot ( a secluded dark place) on his motorcycle with the bribe money Rs.5000/- received from the complt. Following the incident, simultaneous searches have been launched at locations linked to Sri Sethy in presence of Nachuni PS officials. In this connection, Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S.Case No.16 dtd.10.07.2026 u/s 7 P.C. (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered. Efforts are on to nab the ASI in the briber