Balasore: Vigilance officials on Friday apprehended Baliapal sub-registrar, Manisha Mishra, an Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officer, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a land buyer for registering a sale deed for land recorded as ‘Bajyapti Stithiban’.According to sources, she had demanded Rs 10,000 from the complainant to register the sale deed for 14 decimal of land. The land, classified as ‘Bajyapti Stithiban’, is eligible for registration and should be treated as ‘Stithiban’ under guidelines issued by the revenue and disaster management department.Despite repeated requests by the buyer, who cited the department’s guidelines, Mishra allegedly refused to proceed with the registration and demanded Rs 10,000. When the complainant said he could not pay the amount, she reportedly reduced the demand to Rs 7,000. Unable to meet the demand, the complainant approached Odisha Vigilance. Acting on the complaint, a vigilance team laid a trap on Friday and caught Mishra allegedly accepting the bribe. The money was recovered from her possession and seized.Simultaneous searches are being conducted at two locations linked to Mishra to determine whether she has amassed assets disproportionate to her known sources of income. A case was registered under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. Investigation is underway. Mishra joined govt service in 2024 and was serving as sub-registrar while on probation.Vigilance division inspector, Bikash Kumar Swain, said the complainant in the case was Gyanaranjan Patra. She had allegedly withheld the copy of the sale deed and demanded the bribe for completing the work. The Vigilance team caught her red-handed when Patra paid the demanded amount of Rs 7,000 on Friday, he said.Swain further said that Mishra had personally accepted the bribe money. An investigation is underway into her assets disproportionate to her known sources of income and other aspects of the case. An 11-member vigilance team has been formed to conduct searches at various locations, including her residence and the houses of her relatives. The full details will emerge after the searches and investigation are completed, he added.