High Court grants conditional bail to IAS Dhiman Chakma

Orissa High Court today granted conditional bail to IAS officer Dhiman Chakma, who was caught by Vigilance Police while taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh  during his tenure as Sub-Collector , Dharamgarh ,Kalahandi district.  The HC approved the bail on the condition of two sureties  of Rs 5 lakh. Chakma approached the Orissa HC seeking bail after  the Vigilance Court , Bhawanipatna rejected his earlier plea. Currently under in Jail , Chakma  is facing serious graft allegations  linked to a high profile bribery case. Chakma was caught  red-handed  while accepting  a bribe of Rs 10 lakh, the first installment  of his demand of Rs 20 lakh from a crusher unit owner on June  8, 2025.  The Vigilance sleuth later raided his official residence  and reportedly seized cash of Rs 47,47,600 cash of different denominations. Chakma , a 2021 batch IAS officer , from the native of Tripura was posted in the tribal- dominated  Kalahandi district before his arrest.  The case has sparked widespread  discussion in the entire country around bureaucratic accountability and  Odisha's ongoing anti-corruption drive .
 The Odisha government has suspended him from the service and his services has been placed to General Administration (GA) department , Bhubaneswar.