Bank Manager caught taking bribe

BALASORE: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday trapped a bank manager for allegedly accepting bribe from a person of Jaleswar area to credit loan amount into the latter’s account.  Jaleswar branch manager of Balasore-Bhadrak Central Co-operative Bank (BBCCB) Pradip Kumar Pradhan was caught red-handed while taking ` 6,000.  He will be produced in the court on Friday.Vigilance sources said Pradhan had demanded the amount to credit a loan amount of `3,00,000 in the account of Mir Mustafa which he had applied for the extension of his business establishment.Mustafa alleged that Pradhan had demanded ` 18,000 (` 6,000 per ` 1 lakh loan) but later agreed to take ` 6,000 after his repeated requests.